Yuri Arcurs peopleimages.com / Getty Images/iStockphoto When I was in college, I remember naively signing up for a course called “Introduction to Logic.” It turned out to be one of the greatest ...

To persuade you, people often try to use logical fallacies (Credit: Javier Hirschfeld) When people are trying to persuade you, they sometimes reach for underhand tricks like the 'appeal to ignorance' ...

Politeness and argument aren't a contradiction. Effective arguing involves understanding the opponent's perspective and finding common ground. The ability to argue effectively is a life skill and can ...

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 ...

The problem of negative truth is the problem of how, if everything in the world is positive, we can speak truly about the world using negative propositions. A prominent solution is to explain negation ...

Speak like an insider! Welcome to Snopes-tionary, where we'll define a term or piece of fact-checking lingo that we use on the Snopes team. Have a term you want us to explain? Let us know. Also known ...

The article on fees at the University of Toronto's law school adds no credible argument to this debate (Doubling Of Law School Fees Urged -- Feb. 5). What is the logical comparison between a professor ...

"Irony is dead," we are told. "In the wake of September 11, everything we perceived to be important or amusing suddenly feels frivolous." That's the unilateral take on contemporary pop culture. And if ...

The Brett Kavanaugh Assassination Plot Aimed to Kill Multiple Justices to Preserve Roe v. Wade Desperately Seeking a Victimization Narrative As Erika Kirk Forgives the Man Who Murdered Her Husband, ...