I came across this handy phrase in the writings of Antony Flew, although I cannot say whether he coined it. It refers to the idea, in his words, that...
A cognitive bias is something that our minds commonly do to distort our own view of reality. Here are the 26 most studied and widely accepted...
An explanation which is even more obscure than the thing it purports to explain. Literally, "the unknown by the more unknown." I like this -...
Generally, these fallacies are based on appealing to, or ignoring, the middle ground position that may exist in an argument or situation.
Appeals to emotion are fallacious because they are replacing facts with emotion to get others to accept their claim. They have the general form: ...
Equivocation This occurs where a word that has two or more meanings makes an unsound argument appear sound. Examples: All banks are beside...
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