17 Logical Fallacies Everyone Should Know

This article examines 17 important logical fallacies in argumentation that everyone should know for better critical thinking.

Perhaps one of the most pervasive fallacies in thinking is the appeal to ignorance. This is often used for something that has not been proven or cannot be proven.

Now, it must be noted that an appeal to emotion is not fallacious in and of itself; it is fallacious when it is used in a deceptive manner,

The Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc Fallacy: “After This, Therefore Because of Th

67 Logical Fallacies Explained in 11 Minutes

Fallacies—notes Purdue's Writing Lab—'are common errors in reasoning that will undermine the logic of your argument. Fallacies can be either illegitimate arguments or irrelevant points, and are often identified because they lack evidence that supports their claim.