What is the Ad Hominem Fallacy? The ad hominem fallacy occurs when someone attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself. This fallacy diverts attention from the actual issue ...

Gambler’s fallacy is a common cognitive bias that affects decision-making, especially in areas like gambling, investing, and trading. In this article, we’ll strive to break things down by giving you a ...

The gambler’s fallacy is an important example of betting jargon and one that describes a common and problematic mindset that may impact your decision-making when gambling online. This is also known as ...

To the Times: Your editorial of Aug. 17 asks “Mosque can be built – but should it be?” The better question might be, “Editorialists are free to set up logical fallacies – but should they?” You state: ...

Reader Jon Hanson stated Tuesday in his letter to the editor that he supports the war in Iraq, because “if we just sit on our hands, I doubt the terrorists will go away.” Were invading Iraq and ...

Logical people are typically less biased. It makes sense semantically, but I’m also referring to the research. Studies show that participants who score higher on measures of logical reasoning or who ...

Has anyone noticed that the Democrats, and Obama in particular, are the masters of using the either or fallacy, also known as the false dilemma? The either or fallacy is an argumentation technique ...

As a marketer, I can tell you that logical fallacies are used in advertising all the time. You find them in a variety of messages that bombard you daily. As a matter of fact, you’re probably so used ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as a leading consumer economics subject matter expert, ...