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Clear and rational thinking is essential for effective decision-making and communication in the work place. However, logical fallacies—errors in reasoning that undermine the logic of an argument—are ...

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In this video, we discuss logical fallacies, which are common patterns of reasoning that lead to mistakes in our arguments and understanding of the world. Examples covered include ad hominem, appeal ...

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 class unit on ...

As a 19-year-old, I am too young to be a millennial. I am a so-called Generation Z. Among my peers — and also among older generations — logical fallacies are commonplace, and it is easy to fall for ...