Fallacies are arguments that may sound logical, but are not.
When you look at some of the examples below, you may see some
with conclusions you agree with and some you don't. But the
truth, in the empirical sense, is not what is at issue: What
these examples are all about is logical argument. All these
examples are illogical and based in fallacious thinking. For
example, one fallacy is called "sweeping generalization."
Someone may argue: "That is the richest sorority on campus; so
Sue, who belongs to that sorority must be one of the richest
women on campus." Well, Sue may be one of the richest; or she
may be one of the poorest. It doesn't matter whether the
conclusion is true or not in the literal sense. The argument is
illogical. It means nothing at all to say that, if a group has a
certain quality, then a member of the group must have that
quality, too. Probably everyone has been guilty of inadvertently
using them. Most of us fall for them even if we know better. And
there are some people (propagandists, ad