Use of invalid or otherwise faulty reasoning in the construction of an argument

Scienceblind : why our intuitive theories about the world are so often wrong / Andrew Shtulman.

Commentators and commentaries on Aristotle's Sophistici elenchi : a study of post-Aristotelian ancient and medieval writings on fallacies / by Sten Ebbesen.

Future babble : why expert predictions are next to worthless, and you can do better / Dan Gardner.

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Scienceblind : why our intuitive theories about the world are so often wrong / Andrew Shtulman.

Commentators and commentaries on Aristotle's Sophistici elenchi : a study of post-Aristotelian ancient and medieval writings on fallacies / by Sten Ebbesen.

Future babble : why expert predictions are next to worthless, and you can do better / Dan Gardner.