Identification and analysis of common errors in reasoning and argumentation. These articles help readers recognize flawed logic in debates, media, and everyday discourse, improving critical thinking and the ability to construct sound arguments.
Critical ThinkingAcross 54+ ghostwritten books, mostly nonfiction, I have had to catch logical fallacies the authors never saw, and that is no insult to them. They are experts in their fields; expertise and watertight reasoning simply are not the same thing.…
Critical ThinkingIn academic writing a logical fallacy is an error to correct. In fiction it is a gift, because flawed reasoning that feels airtight to the character is exactly what drives conflict, dialogue, and plot. This overview opens a series on…
Critical ThinkingWhen a character's argument is built on a fallacy, readers feel it even when they cannot name it, the speech rings hollow, the nonfiction loses credibility, the character starts to sound manipulative. Spotting fallacies makes you better in both directions:…
Critical ThinkingWhen intelligent people make terrible arguments, logical fallacies are usually the culprit. They are wrecking our capacity for productive conversation, and social media turned it into a spectator sport. Here are the ten I see most often, with the fixes.
Critical ThinkingThis is about reasoning, not partisanship. A widely shared op-ed by a Democratic strategist makes for a clean case study, confident, persuasive on the surface, and built on a stack of logical fallacies and cognitive bias. Picking it apart teaches…
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