Logical Fallacies

[holyshitbatman]

A list of top 20 logical fallacies that I found and thought I'd share it. I think every skeptic should read it.
Top 20 Logical Fallacies
I don't know if this is the right section but anyway its a great read

[donatello]

I think its fine here. You should also check out the "Spot the Logical Fallacy" section on these forums at http://nirmukta.net/Forum-Spot-The-Logical-Fallacy

[Ajita Kamal]

(25-Jan-2011, 11:39 AM)holyshitbatman Wrote: A list of top 20 logical fallacies that I found and thought I'd share it. I think every skeptic should read it.
Top 20 Logical Fallacies
I don't know if this is the right section but anyway its a great read

Do you listen to the SGU podcast, holyshitbatman? It's one of my favorite shows!

[holyshitbatman]

(26-Jan-2011, 11:28 AM)Ajita Kamal Wrote:

(25-Jan-2011, 11:39 AM)holyshitbatman Wrote: A list of top 20 logical fallacies that I found and thought I'd share it. I think every skeptic should read it.
Top 20 Logical Fallacies
I don't know if this is the right section but anyway its a great read

Do you listen to the SGU podcast, holyshitbatman? It's one of my favorite shows!

Yes they are awesome.

[Kanad Kanhere]

[Mod Note: This and the following comments have been merged into this thread]

Hi,
Can somebody point me to some source that lists the standard fallacies, I mean the names and explanations.
I am new to this forum and sorry if this question has been already answered. Kindly point me to that answer then.

Thanks
Kanad

[Kanad Kanhere]

(02-Aug-2011, 12:21 AM)Kanad Kanhere Wrote: Hi,
Can somebody point me to some source that lists the standard fallacies, I mean the names and explanations.
I am new to this forum and sorry if this question has been already answered. Kindly point me to that answer then.

Thanks
Kanad

On browsing through the forum I came across the following thread.
http://nirmukta.net/Thread-Logical-Fallacies

If anybody has got a better/more encompassing link, kindly post it here.

Thanks
Kanad

[LMC]

http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skept...ments.html

[avvs]

(02-Aug-2011, 02:21 AM)lalitmohanchawla Wrote: http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skept...ments.html

Seems to be an exhaustive list. Thanks!

[Ajita Kamal]

Threads merged

[Ajita Kamal]

Don Lindsay's compilation is quite thorough, and we actually have listed them as our official facebook group guidelines as well. Recently I came across another resource that I have found extremely useful:

http://www.fallacyfiles.org/

What I like about this resource is the way in which the author Gary N. Curtis, a philosopher who did his doctorate in logic, has categorized the logical fallacies. For instance, take a look at this taxonomy of logical fallacies, reminiscent of the cladistic phylogenetic tree used in evolutionary biology:

[Kanad Kanhere]

Thanks a ton for the link.