Examples Of Fallacies In Critical Thinking

People share their views on the world in black and white. It does not matter what the subject is: abortion, gay marriage or atheism, everyone seems to have an opinion that they declare to be true through persuasion or emotion. These opinions are logically weak and are said to be fallacies. There are many recurring fallacies in society today including, appeal to popularity, appeal to emotion and appeal to the person. In order to protect ourselves we need to be able to avoid using fallacies ourselves and recognize when others are using them towards us, so we can defend ourselves properly. We do this by learning to understand our own thinking and the thinking of others using the tools of critical thinking. Critical thinking is the ability to analyze your own thoughts and present evidence for your opinions and ideas, rather than simply accepting your personal beliefs or the beliefs of others as sufficient proof. Critical thinking focuses on making good arguments which mean fallacies are the core opposite of critical thinking because they are considered bad
First of all, learning and identifying fallacies through critical thinking help you avoid accepting a weak argument. By identifying the specific words and patterns that go along with fallacies you can make a smart conclusion as to if arguments are faulty or not. An example of a fallacy seen worldwide that tricks people into believing bad arguments is appeal to popularity. This fallacy uses the popularity of a premise as evidence that it is true. This is a fallacy that is very hard to distinguish because our minds tell us that if something is popular it must be valid, but with the skill to identify specific words such as everyone, and most people it is very easy to tell when this fallacy is being used. This is a quick and efficient way to point out fallacies in an argument so that you protect yourself against