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  2. List of fallacies - Wikipedia

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    Good books on critical thinking commonly contain sections on fallacies, and some may be listed below. DiCarlo, Christopher (2011). How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Asking the Right Questions. Prometheus Books. ISBN 9781616143978. Engel, S. Morris (1994). Fallacies and Pitfalls of Language: The Language ...

  3. List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia

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    Association fallacies include: Authority bias, the tendency to attribute greater accuracy to the opinion of an authority figure (unrelated to its content) and be more influenced by that opinion. [126] Cheerleader effect, the tendency for people to appear more attractive in a group than in isolation. [127]

  4. Fallacy - Wikipedia

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    Humbug! The skeptic's field guide to spotting fallacies in thinking – textbook on fallacies. scribd.com; List of fallacies with clear examples, infidels.org; Interactive Syllogistic Machine A web based syllogistic machine for exploring fallacies, figures, and modes of syllogisms. Logical Fallacies and the Art of Debate, csun.edu

  5. Logical reasoning - Wikipedia

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    Informal fallacies are expressed in natural language. Their main fault usually lies not in the form of the argument but has other sources, like its content or context. [96] [99] Some informal fallacies, like some instances of false dilemmas and strawman fallacies, even involve correct deductive reasoning on the formal level. [97]

  6. Category:Fallacies - Wikipedia

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    Informal fallacies (7 C, 88 P) Pages in category "Fallacies" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *

  7. Cognitive distortion - Wikipedia

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    The "all-or-nothing thinking distortion" is also referred to as "splitting", [20] "black-and-white thinking", [2] and "polarized thinking." [21] Someone with the all-or-nothing thinking distortion looks at life in black and white categories. [15] Either they are a success or a failure; either they are good or bad; there is no in-between.

  8. False dilemma - Wikipedia

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    Part of understanding fallacies involves going beyond logic to empirical psychology in order to explain why there is a tendency to commit or fall for the fallacy in question. [ 9 ] [ 1 ] In the case of the false dilemma , the tendency to simplify reality by ordering it through either-or-statements may play an important role.

  9. Two wrongs don't make a right - Wikipedia

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    Common use of the term, in the realm of business ethics, has been criticised by scholar Gregory S. Kavka writing in the Journal of Business Ethics. Kavka refers back to philosophical concepts of retribution by Thomas Hobbes. He states that if something supposedly held up as a moral standard or common social rule is violated enough in society ...