Rigorous Reasoning

Concept · Foundations

Diagnosis and Repair

The practice of pairing any fallacy identification with a description of what change would make the reasoning acceptable.

Why it matters

Repair converts fallacy analysis from label hunting into a tool for improving real arguments.

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