Logical fallacies

Factual Questions
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Can someone give me a listing of some of these fallacies and their meanings? I am talking about things like straw man and also about things like ad hominem attacks.

I guess I am looking for an intro to argumentative philosophy.

P.S. I already know the two examples I gave.

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I needed a similar introduction recently for some of my students. If I recall correctly, I just went to a search engine and typed “logical fallacies.” A great number of options came up, some of which were pretty good.

3

Some books to try.

Straight and Crooked Thinking by Robert Thouless.
Thinking Straight by Anthony Flew.
Language, Truth and Logic by A.J. Ayer.
Informal Logic by Douglas Walton.

4

Why try google when you’ve got Vivisimo.

http://datanation.com/fallacies/index.htm

Hope it helps.

5

Thanks a lot, that’s great.

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Try any of these:

http://www.dissension.com/logic/logic.html

http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.html

http://www.datanation.com/fallacies/index.htm

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*Originally posted by ianzin *
**Some books to try.

Straight and Crooked Thinking by Robert Thouless.

Excellent book; I picked up a copy for 20 pence in a charity shop; reading it was a thought-provoking and challenging experience.

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Carl Sagan’s “The Demon-Haunted World” is another good book.

The chapter - “The Fine Art of Baloney Detection” would be relevent.

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Another great book on the subject:

Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life by Howard Kahane and Nancy Cavender

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Another good website:
http://www.csicop.org

And another:
http://www.randi.com

Buck The Diver <—No matter how thin you slice it, its still baloney