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Begging the Question Fallacy - Definition and Examples

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We have published a new article: Begging the Question Fallacy Begging the Question (from latin _petitio principii_) is a logistical fallacy-  the premise on which the conclusion is based, is already assumed to be true. There are definitions, comparison to  Circular Reasoning and several examples

Fallacy of Composition - Definition and Examples

 Hi All! We've published new article about logical fallacies: Fallacy of Composition - Definition and Examples . Three main types of this fallacy described, and some economic paradoxes. Definition Competition in the group Same scale, but whole is not homogenous Ignoring Emergence Mixup with Hasty Generalization Fallacy of Composition in Economy Enjoy!

Australian news by Online Fallacy Detector - week ending 29 Oct 2020

 New review of Australian news grouped by logical fallacies in comments: https://www.logical-fallacy.com/articles/news-29-oct-2020 / News, description and logical fallacy examples.

Hasty Generalization Fallacy

We published new article about types of logical fallacies:  Hasty Generalization Fallacy . Several variants of this fallacy described with definition and examples.

Name Calling Fallacy Examples

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We’ve just published new article about name-calling logical fallacy and how it relates to identity politics:  Name Calling Ad Hominem . Definitions, types and examples from recent Australian Media. Enjoy!

Australian News of the week ending 15 October 2020

How to find news that would inspire and ignite you? We tried logical fallacy analysis as a sentiment one and here they are Several pieces of the news of the week ending 15 October 2020. We got all the tweets from Australian new media s agencies and ranged by concentration of particular fallacy in comments www.logical-fallacy.com/articles/news-15-oct-2020/ Logical fallacies are grouped into Triggering, SmartyPants and Traditional Teamspirit Enjoy!

Circular Reasoning

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New article about Red Herring Logical Fallacies - Circular Reasoning Fallacy It's happening when claim to be proofed used as a reason too.

Best Australian news on twitter

We have registered two twitter accounts Triggering news:  https://twitter.com/Makesensenews1 It's posting daily the most triggering news from Australia. bot decides if it's the best piece of news for those that have highest concentration of logical fallacies in comments. Logic Check:  https://twitter.com/falldetector1 Online bot detecting logical fallacies in tweets. You forward it a tweed it replies back with detection result see how to use in the description

Logical fallacy: Appeal To Authority - definition and examples

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Want to look smarter? Appeal to authority  is the easy way , but don't overuse it, and only when it's not a fallacy. That way you wouldn't considered overdependent on other people's opinion.

Logical Fallacy: Argumentum Ad Hominem

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In this post we are showing three kinds of personal attacks together with - Ad Hominem circumstantial/Guilt by association - Ad Personam - Tu Quoque Argumentum Ad Hominem Definition and examples are provided.

Appeal to Emotion Logical Fallacy definition and examples

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  Appeal to Emotion is a Logical Fallacy very well known since ancient Roman times. It has many varieties including Child Excuse,  Horses Laugh, Appeal to Patriotism and others. Here we list all them and give some examples. Enjoy! https://www.logical-fallacy.com/articles/appeal-to-emotions /

False Dichotomy, False Dilemma or Black-and-White

This is a very common type of fallacy. It's used when person excludes some options from your availability list. For example, at the shop sales person might ask you "Will you be paying by cash or card?" but you haven't decided yet and have a third option - not to buy at all. "You are with us or you are against us" is a another example of it. Would you like to read more about it or see more examples? https://www.logical-fallacy.com/articles/false-dilemma / Or see the  Full List of Logical Fallacies