Critical thinking

This topic shows you how to think critically, find hidden contexts and read between the lines

Techniques distracting attention

In this set of manipulative techniques we can find four main logical fallacies - red herring, pointing at another wrong, straw-man fallacy and circular reasoning. All of them have one common characteristic - their aim is to distract attention from weakness of an argument.

  • Red herring
  • Pointing at another wrong
  • Straw-man fallacy
  • Circular reasoning