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 incorporate them in the context of teaching students how to think well. Faults that deserve mention include belief bias, biased sample, confirmation bias, confusing correlation or sequence with cause, hasty generalization, jumping to conclusions, loss and risk aversion, red herring, slippery slope, stereotyping, and straw man. Ad hominem appeals are not fallacies, but one could well deal with personal attacks in the context of teaching how to find good sources of information.
