Decision Making: Fallacy Summary and Application Fallacy Summary and Application There are several important components to critical thinking. One aspect of particular significance is logical correctness. In order to be a more effective in decision making, one should be able to recognize and avoid logical fallacies whenever possible According to Bassham (2002), a fallacy is "an argument that contains a mistake in reasoning. This paper will discuss three logical fallacies and their impact to critical thinking …showed first 75 words of 872 total…

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