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There are many different types of logical fallacies, but they all share one common effect: to mislead people into thinking that the conclusion is valid. Dr. Warren Willey is a Pocatello physician.
Identifying these patterns of thought and their corresponding logical fallacies may be of help to some who are dealing with depression.
The biggest lie those who create and spread misinformation perpetrate is that they want you to think for yourself. They warn their target audience not to be “sheep” and not to let themselves be told ...
I don’t mean to pick on Dargan Pete again, but his Jan. 15 column is a classic example of the “straw man” logical fallacy. For those readers who didn’t have a secondary school English ...
The very same logical fallacies that Aristotle warned Athens about end up being used by scrawny dope fiends, obsessively compulsive gamblers, and only-after-5pm alcoholics.