Being a philosophy professor, I found the experience of watching the Republicans during the House impeachment inquiry absolutely excruciating. I can only liken it to that of a parachute rigger ...

When people are trying to persuade you, they sometimes reach for underhand tricks like the 'appeal to ignorance' or 'whataboutism' to seem more convincing. Amanda Ruggeri explains how to identify ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about leveraging neuroscience to create remarkable leadership. Having a solid foundation in logic can enable you to make ...

When considering your argument or the arguments of others, writers and readers need to be aware of logical fallacies. Logical fallacies are found in many places—ads, politics, movies. Logical ...

When we refer to fallacies, we are describing things that are mistakes, and if they are logical fallacies, they are mistakes in reasoning. It is impossible to read the news today or (worse) watch the ...

It has been suggested that approximately five exabytes (i.e. about 5,000,000,000 pickup truck beds full of information typed on paper) of data are created each day. What is tougher to decipher is how ...