Logic

This page contains my posts about how and why logic works, as well as how logic relates to scientific issues.

• Don’t attack the straw men: Straw man fallacies and reductio ad absurdum fallacies
• Don’t mistake an assumption for a fact
• Dying the way that nature intended: Appeal to nature fallacies
• I used to be a science denier: My journey from pseudoscience to skepticism
• Occam’s razor is about assumptions, not simplicity
• Stop accusing me of ad hominem fallacies you stupid idiots
• The fallacy fallacy: Reject the argument not the conclusion
• The genetic fallacy: When is it okay to criticize a source?
• The importance of logical fallacies
• Incredulity fallacy: I’m right because I can’t believe I’m wrong
• The “it’s banned in Europe” fallacy
• The nirvana fallacy: An imperfect solution is often better than no solution
• The Rules of Logic Part 1: Why Logic Always Works
• The Rules of Logic Part 2: Good vs. Bad Arguments
• The Rules of Logic Part 3: Logical Fallacies
• The Rules of Logic Part 4: The Laws of Noncontradiction and Transitive Properties
• The Rules of Logic Part 5: Occam’s Razor and the Burden of Proof
• The Rules of Logic Part 6: Appealing to Authority vs. Deferring to Experts
• The Rules of Logic Part 7: Using Consistent Reasoning to Compare Apples and Oranges
• Using Deductive and Inductive Logic in Science
• Vaccine injuries and confirmation biases
• What would it take to convince you that you were wrong?
• You’re probably wrong