{"id":613,"date":"2017-10-09T22:01:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T22:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=613"},"modified":"2017-10-09T22:01:23","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T22:01:23","slug":"logical-fallacies","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-jeffersoncc-englishcomp2kscopexmaster\/chapter\/logical-fallacies\/","title":{"raw":"Logical Fallacies","rendered":"Logical Fallacies"},"content":{"raw":"<h2><strong>Logical Fallacies<\/strong><\/h2>\r\nLogical fallacies are errors in reasoning.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/argument-and-critical-thinking\/logical-fallacies\/\">Excelsior OWL site has several of the main fallacies<\/a> outlined.\u00a0 If you become familiar with them, you can identify logical fallacies in others' arguments.\u00a0 You can also avoid using logical fallacies in your own writing. . . or, if you're very clever, use them to your advantage to convince of something.\u00a0 Beware!\u00a0 If a good reader catches the writer committing a fallacy, they will likely read with an edge, becoming an adversary of the writer.\u00a0 It's just logical that they would do so.\r\n\r\nWouldn't Mr. Spock would agree?","rendered":"<h2><strong>Logical Fallacies<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Logical fallacies are errors in reasoning.\u00a0 The <a href=\"http:\/\/owl.excelsior.edu\/argument-and-critical-thinking\/logical-fallacies\/\">Excelsior OWL site has several of the main fallacies<\/a> outlined.\u00a0 If you become familiar with them, you can identify logical fallacies in others&#8217; 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