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[edit] Logic
Stephen’s Guide to the Logical Fallacies - by Stephen Downes “The purpose of this site is to ensure that information about logical fallacies is freely available.”
Good, clear and easy to understand, with excellent examples of fallacies, both logical and argument. You can also look up fallacies (say someone accused you of using a slippery slope argument) in the index–the search feature seems not to work yet (the site is under reconstruction). This is a good site for familiar terms in arguments, the more formal latin terms are not used.
Logical fallacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. “A logical fallacy is an error in logical argument or reasoning which is independent of the truth of the premises. It is a mistake in the way that the final conclusion of the argument, or any intermediate conclusions, are logically related to their supporting premises. When there is a fallacy in an argument it is said to be invalid.” Pretty complex and probably not the place for a beginner to start.
Informal Logical Fallacies, by Talitha May. “This brief non-technical guide organizes informal fallacies into three categories: fallacies of ambiguity, presumption, and relevance.” Not the place to go if you are searching for a specific argument fallacy, but covers a number of extremely common (and thus worthwhile knowing) types of fallacies.
[edit] Argument
Logical Fallacies Handlist. The focus of this site is to make your writing clear and to avoid common erroneous arguments that one hears so often. This site homes in on argument fallacies rather than logical (deductive) fallacies, explaining fallacies like Argumentum ad Verecundium (Appeal to improper authority), Argumentum ad Populum (an immensely popular fallacy), and other fallacies using good examples along the way.
Logical Fallacies and the Art of Debate. A reason to learn fallacies (”First, it makes you look smart.”) and a listing of fallacies with ‘formal’ Latin names. So you already know what a non sequitur fallacy is–but do you know what a dicto simpliciter fallacy is?
[edit] Dictionaries
A List of Fallacious Arguments. A long list of Fallacious Arguments-mostly using familiar, English names.
The Philosophical Lexicon
An index of terms from and for philosophers. I suspect it’s only amusing to those rather heavily into academic philosophy in-fighting.
Logical Fallacies: The Fallacy Files
Yet another list of fallacies, comes bundled with sources to pursue, book reviews, and a blog where you can find short problem solving blog entries using popular media (very nice!). If we find too many lists of fallacies, can someone make a claim that using them is just an appeal to popularity? Be sure to check out their Taxonomy of Logical Fallacies, it’s fascinating.
[edit] Skills Building
Mission: Critical (Main Menu) I had lost this site some time ago, and it’s one that has inspired me to make my own site in a similar vein. I’m glad I’ve found it again, and hope to guide more people to use it and try out it’s skill practices.
Philosophy Pages, by Garth Kemerling.
“This site offers helpful information for students of the Western philosophical tradition. The elements you will find on this site include:
- The Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names.
- A survey of the History of Western Philosophy.
- A Timeline for the intellectual figures discussed here.
- Detailed discussion of several major Philosophers
- Summary treatment of the elementary principles of Logic
- A generic Study Guide for students of philosophy.
- Links to other philosophy Sites on the Internet.
- An opportunity to download the entire site for personal use.
And it’s searchable! For the purpose of gaining skills in reasoning, the dictionary and the short section on Logic are places to bookmark.