There are many different types of logical fallacies, but they all share one common effect: to mislead people into thinking that the conclusion is valid. Dr. Warren Willey is a Pocatello physician.

All fallacies are errors in logic, ergo any fallacy is a “logical” fallacy. Working one of them into an argument is, by definition “bad logic” and working two of them in is just worse logic.

Sometimes considered a type of red herring – a logical fallacy that uses unrelated information to redirect away from the argument's flaws – whataboutism is intended to distract attention.

Identifying these patterns of thought and their corresponding logical fallacies may be of help to some who are dealing with depression.

In any discussion of evolutionary psychology, or human sciences in general, it is very important to avoid two logical fallacies. They are called the naturalistic fallacy and the moralistic fallacy.

The very same logical fallacies that Aristotle warned Athens about end up being used by scrawny dope fiends, obsessively compulsive gamblers, and only-after-5pm alcoholics.

I don’t mean to pick on Dargan Pete again, but his Jan. 15 column is a classic example of the “straw man” logical fallacy. For those readers who didn’t have a secondary school English ...