We are often told that schools are where you learn how to think, not what to think.

Sadly, almost no school curriculum deals directly with logic in the closely related subject of logical fallacies.

Valacies are all around us.

Just read something online or watch a few minutes of television and you'll probably encounter people

using fallacious reasoning and logical fallacies.

In fact, you've probably engaged in it yourself.

We're all guilty of it.

Learn more about some of the common logical fallacies

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notes.

The dictionary defines a fallacy as a mistaken belief, especially one based on unsound argument.

There are actually dozens of acknowledged fallacies, and once you know what they are you can see them everywhere.

Here is a list of well-known fallacies,

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