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In any discussion of evolutionary psychology, or human sciences in general, it is very important to avoid two logical fallacies. They are called the naturalistic fallacy and the moralistic fallacy.

Anecdotal fallacyIt treats an n=1 case as evidence as-is. Before even reaching hasty generalization, it hasn't even followed the procedures that could be called "generalization" in the first place.A ...

Logical fallacies are mistakes in arguments. For example, if someone says that something is better solely because it is more "natural," this is the appeal to nature fallacy. If someone presents two ...

However, the human mind is the irrational elephant in the room, causing many thinkers to misidentify and abuse logical fallacies over the course of a debate. Steven Novella, president of the New ...

From Ross Pomeroy, Common Logical Fallacies Committed by Scientists | RealClearScience: In an effort to clamp down on the problem of poor logic in science, Espen A. Sjoberg, a PhD candidate at Oslo ...

To persuade you, people often try to use logical fallacies (Credit: Javier Hirschfeld) When people are trying to persuade you, they sometimes reach for underhand tricks like the 'appeal to ignorance' ...