In general, people like the world to make sense. We try to see connections even where they don’t exist. We want to understand the “why’s” and exert control over our environments. And we want to ...

Some authors who know about the false cause fallacy have falsely or misleadingly cited it in apparently resisting cause-effect evidence. For example, watching violence in movies or playing violent ...

What is the Ad Hominem Fallacy? The ad hominem fallacy occurs when someone attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself. This fallacy diverts attention from the actual issue ...