Logical fallacies are behind many of the harmful misunderstandings, rumors, and conspiracy theories our newsroom investigates. Nur Ibrahim Published Feb. 3, 2023 ...

Snopestionary: The 'Ad Hominem' Logical Fallacy Logical fallacies are behind many of the harmful misunderstandings, rumors, and conspiracy theories our newsroom investigates.

Jonah Goldberg commits the basic logical fallacy of “two wrongs make a right.” President Bush’s may not be “the most radical presidency we have ever had,” and Bush may be matched in his ...

Interesting email: Dear Mr. Goldberg, I’m a professional philosopher, and I want to clear up a philosophy mistake in your vegetarianism post today. The “naturalistic fallacy” was the ...

A highly disputable fallacy. Victoria Venable, New Market. ... here is so flawed that it could be used as an example on an exam to test a student’s understanding of the term “logical fallacy. ...

Most people seem to believe that the “ad hominem” argument is America’s most appealing fallacy. It’s frequently cited and gives people a chance to show off the only Latin phrase they know.

Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin slammed mainstream media’s attempts to reach out to “MAGA readers" to try and appear neutral after the election.

The article on confabulation repeats a logical fallacy (7 October, p 32). “The idea that we have conscious free will may be an illusion,” writes Helen Phillips, because a 1985 experiment ...

This writer would like to point out that both Stan Thornberry and Gary Kilberger use a logical fallacy known as a false dilemma in their letters to the editor (March 20 and March 30, respectively).