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Truth and Fallacy ... The word fallacy is sometime used to mean "untrue," but every untrue statement is not a fallacy. ... Oddly, there is a fallacy arising out of formal logic itself (especially symbolic logic) which is a result of both these types of confusion. For example, the following is a valid argument in formal logic:
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theautonomist.com/autonomist/fallacies.html
theautonomist.com/autonomist/fallacies.html
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Describes and gives examples of the informal logical fallacy of one-sidedness. ... Type: Informal Fallacy; ... But slanting in a news story may lead the reader into drawing false conclusions, which means that the story is a boobytrap, and the reader's reasoning is fallacious, albeit inadvertently.
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www.fallacyfiles.org/onesided.html
www.fallacyfiles.org/onesided.html
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A "wild" fallacy example is not one that is unusually weird, rather it is one that is found in the "wild", in the natural habitat of argumentation. In contrast, a "tame" example is one created specifically to be an example of a fallacy, such as many of those found in textbooks.
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www.fallacyfiles.org/examples.html
www.fallacyfiles.org/examples.html
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www.iep.utm.edu/f/fallacy.htm
www.iep.utm.edu/f/fallacy.htm
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; Listed below are links to 40 logical fallacies. Click on the one you like to access definitions, clarifications, and examples. ... Remember that logic does not solve every problem in the world, ... One of the most important aspects of effective persuasion is avoiding being caught in the traps of logical fallacies.
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ksuweb.kennesaw.edu/~shagin/logicalfallacies.htm
ksuweb.kennesaw.edu/~shagin/logicalfallacies.htm
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Slanting -- the practice of selecting facts that are favorable to one's opinion while suppressing those against it.; ... Slanting results in a distorted and unfair description or assessment of the situation, communicated by people who either lack understanding of the overall picture or who purposely place a “spin” on...
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ksuweb.kennesaw.edu/~shagin/logfal-distract-slanting.ht...
ksuweb.kennesaw.edu/~shagin/logfal-distract-slanting.htm
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Slanting; Statements which emphasize one part of the evidence (usually the favorable part) and ignore other parts, averages, and patterns. Ex. In three of the last six years we have had record snowfalls in the Cascade Mountains. ... it is anyway. A fallacy of compositon involves reasoning that what is...
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www.casad.org/Writing%205--Persuasion/logicfal.htm
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The non sequitur fallacy means that you've made a conclusion that is not justified on the grounds given. The post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy means that you have concluded that because something happened earlier, it must be the cause of a later event. ... Slanting the Evidence...
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grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/argument_lo...
grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/argument_logic.htm
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Description and examples of Red Herring fallacy. ... A Red Herring is a fallacy in which an irrelevant topic is presented in order to divert attention from the original issue. The basic idea is to "win" an argument by leading attention away from the argument and to another topic.
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www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/red-herring.html
www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/red-herring.html
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