It's just not absolute proof of absence." 5. The Fallacy Fallacy. It is itself a fallacy to reason that just because you proved an opponent's argument to be logically fallacious, you've shown their ...

A logical fallacy is, simply put, a flaw in reasoning. Often, logical fallacies are tactics that are used in order to bolster arguments that are, otherwise, pretty weak. At worst, they are ...

We’re always pleased when our readers write to us with questions or comments that really make us think. Here, for example, is reader K.S., who writes: Perhaps it was intended facetiously, if so ...

This single example is intended to serve as a general warning. This popular fallacy will proliferate, and proliferate some more, during this period of boiling hot political antagonisms.

They include the either-or fallacy, all-or-nothing fallacy, and black-and-white fallacy. A classic example is to say you’re with me or against me.

In rhetoric, this type of argument is called “moving the goalposts” and is an informal logical fallacy. The evidence provided is dismissed, and new evidence is demanded.