Logical fallacies are flaws in reasoning. They are often called informal fallacies. It's becoming more common for people to call out these fallacies by name. You often hear accusations of people ...

In “Obama and the ‘Fallacy of Composition’” (op-ed, Feb. 5), William A. Kelly Jr. and Elizabeth Sawyer Kelly contend that free community-college education is a waste of scarce resources and will leave ...

The Super Bowl on Sunday presented a useful illustration of an economic term called the “fallacy of composition.” If you were at the University of Phoenix Stadium and stood up to watch the action ...

When considering your argument or the arguments of others, writers and readers need to be aware of logical fallacies. Logical fallacies are found in many places—ads, politics, movies. Logical ...

As a marketer, I can tell you that logical fallacies are used in advertising all the time. You find them in a variety of messages that bombard you daily. As a matter of fact, you’re probably so used ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Narcissists rely on these five ‘logical fallacies’ like a ...

When we refer to fallacies, we are describing things that are mistakes, and if they are logical fallacies, they are mistakes in reasoning. It is impossible to read the news today or (worse) watch the ...