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Falacy Summary and Application
Title: Falacy Summary and Application
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Falacy Summary and Application
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My first thought when I hear the word "fallacy" is the word "false." The two words do go together in that a fallacy is described as, "an error in reasoning." (WB F p.15) These errors can be very persuasive forms of logic and can lead people to believe in conclusions that are false. Fallacies come in two different forms: Fallacies of relevance and Fallacies of insufficient evidence. Fallacies of relevance are "fallacies that occur …showed first 75 words of 1106 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1106 total…James M. Wallace. (2002) Critical Thinking. Chapter 5: Logical Fallacies - 1.McGraw-Hill. New York, NY
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