The naturalistic fallacy, which was coined by the English philosopher George Edward Moore in the early 20th century though first identified much earlier by the Scottish philosopher David Hume, is the ...

The article on confabulation repeats a logical fallacy (7 October, p 32). “The idea that we have conscious free will may be an illusion,” writes Helen Phillips, because a 1985 experiment “suggested ...

Columnist Byron York commits the “proof by example” fallacy in his Aug. 23 column. He uses a single case to generalize. Yes, the ability of a Peruvian murderer to enter the country and live here ...