The Identification of fallacies is a three step process. 1. Name the fallacy. 2. Define the fallacy. 3. Show how the definition fits the example in question. The first two steps are simply a matter of ...

How to avoid it and a simple definition of the gambler’s fallacy. Because what is the gambler’s fallacy, really?

This fallacy and the next one involve mistakes in conditional "if-then" statements. "If A, then B" in a logical context just means that whenever A is true, B is also true. Similarly, "All A's are ...

While the questions themselves involve made-up arguments and the answer choices vary in wording, the flaws in the reasoning are often common logical fallacies studied since antiquity. For example ...