Real-World Reasoning
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• Ariadne's Thread. "Experiments in Critical Thinking." Annotated specimen arguments on controversial subjects for analysis. From James DeHullu.
• Classic Fallacies. Find the errors in erroneous mathematical proofs.
• Common Argument Fallacies. From Jon Shemitz. Short list, short definitions, no examples.
• Constructing a Logical Argument. Quick introduction to logic and fallacies with definitions and examples. Anonymous.
• Critical Thinking and Problem Solving; Unit 1: Informal Fallacies. From Donald Nute. Sample problems with answers.
• Diana's List of Fallacies. From Diana Mertz Brickell. Long list, with definitions but no examples or analysis.
• Elementary Logic. From James Fieser. General handout for a logic course, starting with informal fallacies. Short list with definitions and examples. Most of the handout is on other topics.
• Examples and Explanations of Six Fallacies. From Ted Slater. One example for each fallacy, with some analysis. (Offline temporarily.)
• Fallacies. Six fallacies with minimal analysis. No links. Anonymous.
• Fallacies. From Bill Bohn. Short definitions. Link to examples is broken.
• Fallacies. Sixteen fallacies with analyzed examples. From Barry Edward Eckhouse.
• Fallacies. From Mark Siderits. Good list with definitions and examples.
• Fallacies of Arguments. Short list with no definitions, short examples. Anonymous.
• The Fallacy Zoo. From Brian Yoder. Large number of fallacies, with definitions and examples.
• Funny Amphibolies. Examples from native English speakers collected by the logic students of Luciano Floridi. Other examples from non-native speakers.
• Informal Fallacies. From Michael J. Connelly. Good sized list with definitions and examples.
• Informal Fallacies. From Fergus Duniho. List with short definitions, no examples.
• Informal Fallacies. A large number of fallacies with definitions and specimen arguments for analysis. From Charles Ess.
• Informal Fallacies. Fifteen fallacies with definitions. From Theodore Schick, Jr. and Lewis Vaughn.
• Informal Fallacies. From Luke Setzer. Good list of fallacies, with examples, based on William Kilgore's textbook, An Introductory Logic.
• Informal Fallacies —Writing Guide. From the English Department at the University of Victoria. Good list.
• Informal Logic. "Reasoning and Argumentation in Theory and in Practice." A journal published three times a year. Contents of recent issues online.
• Informal Logic. An article by Leo Groarke in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Informal Logic. Fallacies of relevance, presumption, and ambiguity, with definitions and examples. From Garth Kemmerling.
• Logic and Fallacies. From Atheism Web. Good overview of argumentation, with substantial list of fallacies, definitions, examples, and analysis.
• Logical Fallacies. Short list with short definitions, no examples. Anonymous.
• Logical Fallacies. From the Brigham Young University Writing Center. Short list with short definitions, short examples.
• Logical Fallacies. From Perry Greene. Short list, short definitions, no examples.
• Logical Fallacies. From James Stanger. Short list with definitions and examples.
• Missing Premises. From Alison Bailey. Helpful guide to detecting and supplying missing premises in arguments.
• Mission: Critical. A critical thinking page from San Jose State University. In addition to other logic fundamentals, offers good coverage of fallacies, with definitions, examples, analysis, and answered exercises.
• Nizkor Feature: Fallacies. From Michael Labossiere. Good list with definitions, examples, and analysis.
• Propaganda Analysis home page. From Aaron Delwiche. Good list of fallacies (propaganda techniques), examples, and analysis.
• Slick Maneuver Identification Tables. Fallacies, definitions, and examples. From Luke Setzer.
• Stephen's Guide to the Logical Fallacies. Good list, examples, analysis, and references. From Stephen Downes.
• Twelve Angry Men: A Heuristic. From Chloé Diepenbrock. Fallacies used by the major characters in the famous film.

For other philosophy links, see my general Guide to Philosophy on the Internet.

If you're interested in formal logic (as opposed to the informal logic in this course), see my course home-page for Symbolic Logic. For a peek at what advanced logic is like, see my course home-page for Logical Systems.

See my policy on dead links.

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