In this video, we discuss logical fallacies, which are common patterns of reasoning that lead to mistakes in our arguments ...

Familiarize Yourself with Common Logical Fallacies: • Ad Hominem: Attacking the person instead of the argument. • Straw Man: Misrepresenting someone’s argument to make it easier to attack.

Emeritus Professor Tim Crowe makes disparaging remarks that have no real bearing on the ad hominem promotion process for the Faculty of the Humanities at the University of Cape Town. It’s important to ...