MGT350: Critical Thinking and Fallacy Summary
Intellectual Kung-Fu
Introduction
All of us have heard, read, and even used logical fallacies in arguing our viewpoints. Actually, some of the best politicians and philosophers have developed the skills to recognize and use logical fallacies to their advantage. Therefore, it is important as students and citizens that we study and become familiar with these tactics so we can think logically, form opinions, and properly make decisions.
Dr. Labossiere (1995) describes a fallacy as an error …
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…of or risk making poor judgments and forming wrong opinions. As mentioned earlier, one must master the intellectual Kung-Fu: the art of self-defense in a debate.
References:
Labossiere, M.C. (1995) Descriptions of Fallacies. Retrieved December 11, 2005 from http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies.
Wheeler, L.K. (2005, November 29) Logical Fallacies Handlist. Retrieved December 11, 2005 from http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/fallacies_list.html.
Wikipedia (n.d.) Logical Fallacies. Retrieved December 11, 2005 from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logicial_fallacy.
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