Question

What is the role of fallacies (rhetorical devices) in the critical thinking process? Offer an example of a fallacy that may have affecterd your reasoning regarding a recent that you made.

Answer 1

They are asking for a fallacy that affected <I>your</I> reasoning that effected one of <I>your</I> decisions, so you can indicate that you understand what a fallacy is. We cannot do this for you.

However, I searched Google under the key words "<I>fallacy</I>" to get these possible sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_fallacy
http://www.fallacyfiles.org/
http://www.iep.utm.edu/f/fallacy.htm

Rather than copying one of the fallacies listed, use them to make you aware of one of <I>your</I> fallacies.

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.