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A fallacy is an identifiable mistake in reasoning which amounts to something more or other than simply making use of an untrue premise. An argument commits a fallacy when the reasoning it employs makes such a mistake. Fallacies are typically divided into two categories.
What should a virtue theory of argumentation say about fallacious reasoning? If good arguments are virtuous, then fallacies are vicious. Yet fallacies cannot just be identified with vices, since vices are dispositional properties of agents whereas fallacies are types of argument.
Fallacies: The Art of Mental Trickery and Manipulation. By Dr. Richard Paul and Dr. Linda Elder. The Foundation for Critical Thinking. To understand the human mind, understand self-deception. Anon. The word ‘fallacy’ derives from two Latin words, fallax (“deceptive”) and fallere (“to deceive”).
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This line of “reasoning” is fallacious because creating fear in people does not constitute evidence for a claim. It is important to distinguish between a rational reason to believe (RRB) (evidence) and a prudential reason to believe(PRB) (motivation).
An error in reasoning. Your premises don't lead logically to your conclusion. There are lots of different types of logical fallacies.
Fallacy lies in that you are distracted from “true” premises and led to assume something faulty. Illegitimate use of a logical operator is key. You can identify these fallacies by showing that the main premise doesn’t accurately reflect what’s really going on. False Dilemma (misuse of “or”)
