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* Wikipedia has an [[wikipedia:Logical fallacy|article]] containing a long list of common logical fallacies, most with articles of their own, as well as a [[Wikipedia:Category:Logical_fallacies|category]].
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** [[wikipedia:Logical fallacy|Logical fallacy]] contains a long list of common logical fallacies, most with articles of their own
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** [[wikipedia:Category:Logical_fallacies]].
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* {{!in|dkosopedia}}: no equivalent page as of 2009-06-18; some individual fallacies are listed
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* {{!in|sourcewatch}}: redirects to [[sourcewatch:propaganda techniques|propaganda techniques]], which better corresponds to [[rhetorical deception]]
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* [http://www.logicalfallacies.info/fallacyofcomposition.html Logical Fallacies .info]: an encyclopedia of errors of [[reasoning]]
 
* [http://www.logicalfallacies.info/fallacyofcomposition.html Logical Fallacies .info]: an encyclopedia of errors of [[reasoning]]
 
* [http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/ Fallacies] list at The Nizkor Project
 
* [http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/ Fallacies] list at The Nizkor Project

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Overview

A logical fallacy is a seemingly logical or rational argument which violates the rules of logic. Logical fallacy is a technique often used (perhaps unwittingly) in rhetorical discourse to persuade others without sound reasoning, i.e. rhetorical deception.

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  • 2007-08-15 One Argument Against An Army: this may illustrate a form of logical fallacy
  • 2007-04-27 The Fallacy Fallacy warns against the idea that an argument is invalid just because it follows the form of a logical fallacy. The article does not, however, give any examples of valid arguments presented in a fallacious form. That said, it would seem true that most logical fallacies have valid arguments at their core, but that they have been somehow misapplied to a new context; it is worth cataloging these errors, as they are both frequent and hard to spot (possibly because they play on flaws in our lower-level reasoning systems).