- A
fallacy is the use of
invalid or
otherwise faulty reasoning in the
construction of an
argument that may
appear to be well-reasoned if unnoticed. The...
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contain fallacies.
Because of
their variety,
fallacies are
challenging to classify. They can be
classified by
their structure (formal
fallacies) or content...
- In
logic and philosophy, a
formal fallacy,
deductive fallacy,
logical fallacy or non
sequitur (/ˌnɒn ˈsɛkwɪtər/;
Latin for 'it does not follow') is a...
- binary, is an
informal fallacy based on a
premise that
erroneously limits what
options are available. The
source of the
fallacy lies not in an invalid...
- The
McNamara fallacy (also
known as the
quantitative fallacy),
named for
Robert McNamara, the US
Secretary of
Defense from 1961 to 1968,
involves making...
- A
straw man
fallacy (sometimes
written as strawman) is the
informal fallacy of re****ing an
argument different from the one
actually under discussion,...
- The gambler's
fallacy, also
known as the
Monte Carlo fallacy or the
fallacy of the
maturity of chances, is the
belief that, if an
event (whose occurrences...
-
Informal fallacies are a type of
incorrect argument in
natural language. The
source of the
error is not just due to the form of the argument, as is the...
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categorized among informal fallacies, more
precisely as a
genetic fallacy, a
subcategory of
fallacies of irrelevance. Ad
hominem fallacies can be
separated into...
- The
nirvana fallacy is the
informal fallacy of
comparing actual things with unrealistic,
idealized alternatives. It can also
refer to the
tendency to...
