Useful information about fallacies


	Useful information about fallacies

kankamuso

1-7-2007 5:22 PM

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fallacies, reasoning, critical thinking

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<A href="http://www.cuyamaca.net/bruce.thompson/Fallacies/discussion.asp">DEFINITION</A> of the term "fallacy," and a discussion 
of the nature of fallacious reasoning.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cuyamaca.net/bruce.thompson/Fallacies/intro_fallacies.asp"><P align="left">       2.  A brief HISTORY of 
the study of fallacies, from the ancient Greeks to the present. (Currently in 
preparation.)</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cuyamaca.net/bruce.thompson/Fallacies/intro_fallacies.asp"><P align="left">       3.  An explanation of 
the <A href="http://www.cuyamaca.net/bruce.thompson/Fallacies/explanation.asp">PRINCIPLES</A> that I use to classify and organize 
fallacies.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cuyamaca.net/bruce.thompson/Fallacies/intro_fallacies.asp"><P align="left">        4.  A table on 
which the <A href="http://www.cuyamaca.net/bruce.thompson/Fallacies/fallacies_grid.asp">FALLACIES</A> themselves are organized according to
their classification. Click on the class name for a list of fallacies included
in that class. Click on each fallacy to see an explanation of
that fallacy, a couple pithy examples, a discussion of why we sometimes find that fallacy to be persuasive, 
and in most cases a source indicating who first described and/or named the 
fallacy.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cuyamaca.net/bruce.thompson/Fallacies/intro_fallacies.asp"><P align="left">        5.  Lots of
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fallacies, broken into three convenient units.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cuyamaca.net/bruce.thompson/Fallacies/intro_fallacies.asp"><P align="left">        6.  A 
<A href="http://www.cuyamaca.net/bruce.thompson/Fallacies/bibliography.asp">BIBLIOGRAPHY</A> of print sources and websites.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cuyamaca.net/bruce.thompson/Fallacies/intro_fallacies.asp"><P align="left">        7.  An <A href="http://www.cuyamaca.net/bruce.thompson/Fallacies/index.asp">INDEX</A> 
in which fallacy names and other terminology are listed in alphabetical order, 
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