(n.) Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception. (n.) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, ...

(n.) Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception. (n.) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, ...

Clear and rational thinking is essential for effective decision-making and communication in the work place. However, logical fallacies—errors in reasoning that undermine the logic of an argument—are ...

July 15, 2023 (San Diego) – Whenever a major political event occurs, misinformation becomes rampant. With the upcoming presidential nominee election, false information can be spread to influence ...

The ecological fallacy occurs when results from group-level analyses are wrongly extended to individuals. The fallacy is often attributed to William S. Robinson’s (1950) paper, Ecological correlations ...

If you follow debates about political or philosophical issues, you have probably run across people accusing their opponents of committing the "No True Scotsman Fallacy" or even been accused of it ...

A "Table Fallacy," as coined by Westreich and Greenland, reports multiple adjusted effect estimates from a single model. This practice, which remains common in published literature, can be problematic ...