# Logical fallacies **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 16, 2001, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logical-fallacies/87773 "2001-10-16T18:34:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TexasSpur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@TexasSpur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexasSpur)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logical-fallacies/87773/1 "2001-10-16T18:34:24Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![nineiron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nineiron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nineiron)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logical-fallacies/87773/2 "2001-10-16T18:38:49Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logical-fallacies/87773/3 "2001-10-16T18:45:29Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ottoerotic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ottoerotic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ottoerotic)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logical-fallacies/87773/4 "2001-10-16T18:49:22Z")
Why try google when you’ve got Vivisimo. [http://datanation.com/fallacies/index.htm](http://datanation.com/fallacies/index.htm) Hope it helps. ---
**Author:** ![TexasSpur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a6a055/32.png) [@TexasSpur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TexasSpur)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logical-fallacies/87773/5 "2001-10-16T19:17:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by otto3883 \* > \*\*Why try google when you’ve got Vivisimo. > > [http://datanation.com/fallacies/index.htm](http://datanation.com/fallacies/index.htm) > > Hope it helps. \*\* Thanks a lot, that’s great. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Zagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d2c977/32.png) [@El\_Zagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Zagna)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logical-fallacies/87773/6 "2001-10-16T19:29:24Z")
Try any of these: > **[Fallacies - Nizkor](https://www.nizkor.org/fallacies/)** > > Matteo Dell’Amico provides this feature in Italian Index Ad Hominem \[page not ready\] Ad Hominem Tu Quoque \[page not ready\] Appeal to Authority \[page not ready\] Appeal to Belief \[page not ready\] Appeal to Common Practice \[page not ready\] Appeal... > **[Mount Royal University](https://www.mtroyal.ca)** > > Provides bachelor's degrees, diplomas, and certificates as well as professional and personal credit-free courses. [http://www.dissension.com/logic/logic.html](http://www.dissension.com/logic/logic.html) [http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.html](http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/logic.html) [http://www.datanation.com/fallacies/index.htm](http://www.datanation.com/fallacies/index.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logical-fallacies/87773/7 "2001-10-16T19:31:14Z")
[QUOTE] \*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. ---
**Author:** ![scotth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@scotth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotth)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2001, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logical-fallacies/87773/8 "2001-10-16T19:40:51Z")
Carl Sagan’s “The Demon-Haunted World” is another good book. The chapter - “The Fine Art of Baloney Detection” would be relevent. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logical-fallacies/87773/9 "2001-10-17T03:27:18Z")
Another great book on the subject: _Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life_ by Howard Kahane and Nancy Cavender ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_The\_Diver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Buck\_The\_Diver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_The_Diver)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2001, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logical-fallacies/87773/10 "2001-10-17T04:22:55Z")
Another good website: [http://www.csicop.org](http://www.csicop.org) And another: [http://www.randi.com](http://www.randi.com) Buck The Diver \<—No matter how thin you slice it, its still baloney