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Concerns formal (syllogistic) fallacies, informal (rhetorical) fallacies, tactical misdirection, and errors in logic or reasoning more broadly put.

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Is it fallacious to argue that something is correct, of good quality, or acceptable because ...

No, it usually wouldn't be fallacious. A fallacy is a mistake in reasoning. It occurs when the rules used to form a conclusion from a set of premises don't logically necessitate a true conclusion. If …
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