Logical Fallacies Archives

The Snopes Guide to Logical Fallacies Logical fallacies are behind many of the harmful misunderstandings, rumors, and conspiracy theories our newsroom...

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Snopestionary: What Is Confirmation Bias?

27 July 2022

Just because we want something to be true doesn’t make it so.

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Snopestionary: The ‘Straw Man’ Logical Fallacy

14 June 2022

Logical fallacies are behind many of the harmful misunderstandings, rumors, and conspiracy theories our newsroom...

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Snopestionary: The ‘Red Herring’ Logical Fallacy

10 June 2022

This logical fallacy is sometimes referred to as the fallacy of distraction.

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Snopestionary: The ‘Slippery Slope’ Logical Fallacy

31 May 2022

Logical fallacies are behind many of the harmful misunderstandings, rumors, and conspiracy theories our newsroom...

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Snopestionary: The ‘Ad Hominem’ Logical Fallacy

26 May 2022

Logical fallacies are behind many of the harmful misunderstandings, rumors, and conspiracy theories our newsroom...

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Snopestionary: What Is a False Premise?

24 September 2021

All it takes is one false premise to make a logical argument unsound.

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