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People see and hear fallacies everyday. At school, work, home, in the newspaper, and any form of media. Almost anywhere one looks they can find a fallacy. What is a fallacy? A fallacy is an argument or statement that contains a mistake in reasoning (Bassham, 2002). Often times these fallacies in an argument appear to be valid and convincing. Upon further examination one can easily and quickly point out logical fallacies in an argument. It is very important to possess the knowledge and skill to recognize a logical fallacy within an argument. If one makes a decision based on an argument which contains a logical fallacy, more often than not, that decision will be the wrong one, or at the very least, not the best decision to make. If somebody so chooses, they may also use fallacies to there favor, to try to sway somebody else to see things the way they do. It is extremely advantages to know and recognize fallacies in an argument. There are many different types of fallacies.......

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