ANSWERS: 3
  • There are a lot. What is the context? Logic? Post hoc, ergo propter hoc; strawman; begging the question; appeal to authority; ad hominem; etc.
  • Illogical reasoning, closed-mindedness and slippery slopes leads to fallacy.
  • Hmmm...I'm sort of guessing here . . . . #1 - logical fallacy . . . . #2 - informational fallacy (e.g. "the capital of Louisiana is New Orleans") . . . . #3 - an argument that incorporates a logical fallacy, i.e. a fallacious argument (e.g. "all burglars are criminals, therefore all criminals are burglars") . . . . #4 - anything else (not only an argument or statement) that is inherently false (e.g. the existence of leprechauns)

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