fallacy in the PONS Dictionary

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Having the capability to recognize fallacies in arguments is one way to reduce the likelihood of such occurrences.
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The second fallacy is ranking, which is the propensity for ordering complex variation as a gradual ascending scale.
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This fallacy would later be repudiated by theorists from the reader-response school of literary theory.
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One common and incorrect thought process that results from heuristic thinking is the gambler's fallacy.
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For each fallacy, the text gives suggestions about how to address or to attack the fallacy when it is encountered.
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An argument that contains a formal fallacy will always be invalid.
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And even when consensus is reached, the underlying assumptions may be fallacies that lead to laws and programs that fail.
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Predictions should use logic, reasoning and evidence without fallacy.
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This fallacy operates on the principle that the squeaky wheel gets the grease.
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The gambler's fallacy makes the mistake of believing that a random event is affected by previous random events.
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