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What a fallacy is—and how to use this course

A fallacy is a mistake in reasoning that weakens the support an argument gives its conclusion. Some mistakes are easy to notice when written plainly. In real discussion, they can be hidden inside true facts, emotional stories, or arguments that are partly reasonable.

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A fallacy is a mistake in reasoning that weakens the support an argument gives its conclusion. Some mistakes are easy to notice when written plainly. In real discussion, they can be hidden inside true facts, emotional stories, or arguments that are partly reasonable.

This course explains a wide range of fallacies and closely related reasoning errors. The purpose is to understand why the support fails and how to improve it. Learning names can make recurring patterns easier to discuss, but a name is never a substitute for explaining the problem.

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Practice: What fallacies are and why context matters

Revisit the situations from this unit. Each answer includes an explanation you can read at your own pace.

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