Course 14 of 18
Spot the Fallacy
Name the moves that make arguments collapse.
What this course covers
Spot the Fallacy works through name the moves that make arguments collapse. across 3 lessons. Each opens with a short teaching passage, then tests whether the idea actually landed — and explains every answer rather than just marking it.
The lessons are sequenced, not a menu. Attacks & Distractions comes first because when arguments go after the person, not the point is what the rest of the course assumes; by the end you reach Bad Appeals.
How it starts
A fallacy is a flaw in reasoning that makes an argument weaker than it looks. Some of the most common ones don't engage your actual claim at all. They attack you, distort your view, or throw up a distraction. Learning to name them is the first step to not being fooled by them.
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
Who you will be reading
Aristotle, Socrates are the thinkers this course leans on. Each has a profile with their full set of passages in thinkr's library.