Sentence examples for number of fallacies from inspiring English sources

ON the subject of the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare, to reclaim the name critics have made into a slur — a number of fallacies seem to be congealing into accepted wisdom.

His central message could not be more important, namely, that human reason left to its own devices is apt to engage in a number of fallacies and systematic errors, so if we want to make better decisions in our personal lives and as a society, we ought to be aware of these biases and seek workarounds.

There are a number of common fallacies that begin with the Latin prefix 'ad'to'tor or 'toward') and the most common of these will be described next.

By walking readers through a number of recognized logical fallacies, in Chapter One, Fitch teaches students that arguments are not just one fact against another.

A number of academics also noted the "planning fallacy," which says that we're all overly optimistic when projecting how much we can accomplish, and how soon.

A number of papers have made the "atomistic fallacy" [ 16] of inferring that migration is a driver of HIV prevalence based on individual-level studies showing a correlation between migration and HIV prevalence [ 17- 23].

A question that continues to dog fallacy theory is how we are to conceive of fallacies.

Gerald Massey (1981) has voiced a strong objection to fallacy theory and the teaching of fallacies.

The non-logical, material fallacies are also divided into two classes, the class of fallacies with premises 'unduly assumed,' and another class of fallacies of irrelevant conclusions.

Mill also included what he calls fallacies of inspection, or a priori fallacies (Bk. V, iii) in his survey of fallacies.

This seems to cause a vicious circle of fallacies and counter-fallacies that can eventually dominate the discussion.