LIGHTBUCKET: The Logical Fallacies

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Stephen’s Guide to the
Logical Fallacies

The point of an argument is to give reasons in support of some conclusion. An argument commits a fallacy when the reasons offered do not support the conclusion.

These pages describe the known logical fallacies. To browse, either go to the table of contents or follow the ‘next’ and ‘previous’ links.

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Stephen Downes Guide to the Logical Fallacies
© Stephen Downes, 1995–2001