The Fallacy Tutorial
“In order to understand what a fallacy is, one must understand what an argument
is. Very briefly, an argument consists of one or more premises and one
conclusion. A premise is a statement (a sentence that is either true or false)
that is offered in support of the claim being made, which is the conclusion
(which is also a sentence that is either true or false).”
I’ve added a “Fallacy Tutorial” here on the website. It was originally written by Dr. Michael C.
Labossiere.
Dr. Michael C. Labossiere is the author of a Macintosh tutorial named Fallacy Tutorial Pro 3.0,
and has kindly agreed to allow the text of his work to appear here on ramdac.org in electronic form. It remains © Copyright 1995 Michael C. Labossiere, with distribution restrictions. If you have questions or comments about this work, please direct them either to me at ramdac@ramdac.org
or to Dr. Labossiere (ontologist@aol.com).
March 18th, 2004 at 10:58 am
You know, Jason, this is a pretty neat resource, considering that we do a bit of “arguing” around here. Thanks for taking time to put it up.
March 18th, 2004 at 5:47 pm
No problem. It only took me a couple of hours. I had in mind exactly what you are talking about. We do plenty of posturing and sometimes our attempts at logic fall sort. This tool helps. All the thanks goes to Dr. Labossiere for allowing me to publish it online.
March 31st, 2004 at 3:47 pm
I came here for an argument. No you didn’t, you came here for abuse.
— Monty Python
April 1st, 2004 at 9:43 pm
I always thought a fallacy was lying about the size of your penis. Or is that a Phallacy?