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pragmatist comments on Open thread, January 25- February 1 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: pragmatist 04 February 2014 08:06:59AM 0 points [-]

Could you explain why it is necessary to understand what a proof is in order to understand logical fallacies? Most commonly mentioned fallacies are informal. I'm not seeing how understanding the notion of proof is necessary (or even relevant) for understanding informal fallacies.