A fallacy is the use of invalid or otherwise faulty reasoning in the construction of an argument [1][2] that may appear to be well-reasoned if unnoticed. The term was introduced in the …

fallacy, in logic, erroneous reasoning that has the appearance of soundness. In logic an argument consists of a set of statements, the premises, whose truth supposedly supports the truth of a …

Dec 24, 2016 · For them, a fallacy is reasoning that comes to a conclusion without the evidence to support it. This may have to do with pure logic, with the assumptions that the argument is …

May 29, 2015 · Two competing conceptions of fallacies are that they are false but popular beliefs and that they are deceptively bad arguments. These we may distinguish as the belief and …

FALLACY definition: a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.. See examples of fallacy used in a sentence.

Fallacies can be either illegitimate arguments or irrelevant points, and are often identified because they lack evidence that supports their claim. Avoid these common fallacies in your own …

adjective [ not gradable ] us / fəˈleɪ·ʃəs / a fallacious argument (Definition of fallacy from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)