Logical Fallacies

Faulty logic can take many forms. Here are some:

• Mislaced concreteness an James's vicious abstractionism seems to undermine many philosophies - [1]
• Generalization - formulation of general concepts from specific instances, often making inaccurate assessment
• Omission - omitting relevant details and therefore making for inaccuracy/confusion
• Mind-reading- assuming that we know what others are thinking. We cannot really know what others are thinking because situations are complex. To think otherwise is dangerous. See [2]
• Confirmation bias - is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses
• Overconfidence in evaluating ourselves
• Blind spots - things we don't know that we don't know
• Apophenia - tendency to perceive connections and meaning between unrelated things
• Hegemony - assuming 'that's just how things are' and nothing else can work or be changed
• Non-sequitur - something that does not follow. Assuming some result when that conclusion cannot be drawn without further knowledge.