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Old 15-Nov-2006, 18:05
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Default Re: Instructor

worth mentioning: false premises

These are premises taken to be valid for a reason that is not rigorous, like a correlation in time (one happend, then two happend, therefore one caused two), basis on probability (a chance is not a proof), presupposition (We have A, and some unfounded rule, so A caused B), Ad Hominim....

Basically all logical thought is a method of attacking any premise until it has been rigorously tested and shown not to be false. Then the process of deduction becomes the simplest part. Logic is only as good as its founding premises, so whether you know a list of n fallacies or not, if you can attack the premise properly then you will avoid a fallacy of any name.

We each have one or two that we are personally susceptible to though. We would all do well to learn and remember our personal worsts.
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