As a marketer, I can tell you that logical fallacies are used in advertising all the time. You find them in a variety of messages that bombard you daily. As a matter of fact, you’re probably so used ...

People often point out logical fallacies like the straw man and ad hominem. Here are three others that are prevalent but ...

Two common fallacies ride along with residential construction and real estate’s severe and worsening labor capacity, building talent, and construction management crisis: Fallacy #1: The crisis’ causes ...

However, the human mind is the irrational elephant in the room, causing many thinkers to misidentify and abuse logical fallacies over the course of a debate. Steven Novella, president of the New ...

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 ...

“Ad Hominem” attacks in paragraphs No. 1 and No. 2 would be good examples of logical fallacies. The catchphrase “settled science” demonstrates the “Appeal to Closure” logical fallacy, as well as ...

The Trump administration is making trade restrictions the centerpiece of its economic policy. This is based on a fallacious assumption that unequal trade flows between the United States and individual ...

Donald Trump will be inaugurated in a matter of days after having campaigned for big changes in key economic policies. A new Congress is already in session and legislatures are gearing up in all ...

A June 22 letter writer admonished us to think, but his arguments were full of logical fallacies. He said to ignore TV news and press as “left-wing brainwashing.” That’s “tribalism” — prejudging ...

I appreciate the response to my recent letter on gun control by Richard Corbett. I fully agree there's a difference between correlation and causation of data. That in fact was the entire point of my ...

However, the human mind is the irrational elephant in the room, causing many thinkers to misidentify and abuse logical fallacies over the course of a debate. Steven Novella, president of the New ...