Critical thinking is essential skill for good decision-making and problem solving. As in most decision-making and problem solving situations, arguments are important in proving your ideas or claims to be reasonable, but sometimes those arguments can be fallacious. "A logical fallacy--or fallacy, for short--is an argument that contains a mistake in reasoning." (Bassham, Irwin, Nardone, and Wallace, 2002) Fallacies are common in everyday life and knowing how to identify them prevents us from falling victim to …showed first 75 words of 1234 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1234 total…Retrieved July 18, 2004, from The National Teaching & Learning Forum Web site: http://www.ntlf.com/html/pi/9702/crit_1.htm University of Phoenix. (Ed.) (2004). Critical Thinking. [University of Phoenix Custom Edition e-text]. Gregory Bassham, William Irwin, Henry Nardone, & James M. Wallace. (2002) New York: McGraw-Hill. Logical Fallacies - 1 in Critical Thinking. Retrieved July 17, 2004, from University of Phoenix, Resource, CSS/330-Critical Thinking and Computer Logic Web site: https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/resource/resource.asp