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1. A DEFINITION of the term "fallacy," and a discussion of the nature of fallacious reasoning.
2. A brief HISTORY of the study of fallacies, from the ancient Greeks to the present. (Currently in preparation.)
3. An explanation of the PRINCIPLES that I use to classify and organize fallacies.
4. A table on which the FALLACIES themselves are organized according to their classification. Click on the class name for a list of fallacies included in that class. Click on each fallacy to see an explanation of that fallacy, a couple pithy examples, a discussion of why we sometimes find that fallacy to be persuasive, and in most cases a source indicating who first described and/or named the fallacy.
5. Lots of EXERCISES to give students practice in identifying fallacies, broken into three convenient units.
6. A BIBLIOGRAPHY of print sources and websites.
7. An INDEX in which fallacy names and other terminology are listed in alphabetical order, with appropriate hyper-links.
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