Postscript (on fallacies)

Logical fallacies are common mistakes in reasoning that are commonly deceptive. Their main types are thus inter-derivable with the main criteria of good reasoning. It is a mistake to construe them either as violations of rules for argumentative discussion or as unsatisfactory answers to critical question of argumentation schemes. The teaching of critical thinking should not be structured around a list of fallacies, but one could constructively …