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Philosophy

The Structure of Logical Fallacies in Everyday Reasoning

Quick fact

The term 'logical fallacy' comes from the Latin 'fallacia', meaning deception—they are reasoning tricks that often work emotionally even when they fail logically.

Why this is interesting

You’ve probably heard someone say, 'If you don’t support that policy, you don’t care about people.' It sounds convincing, but something feels off—that’s a logical fallacy in action.