Generally, logical fallacies can be placed into three categories. The three categories include, material fallacies, verbal fallacies, and fallacies of relevance (Sahakian & Sahakian). When someone is presenting a possible argument they use both premises and presuppositions. Premises are considered to be the starting points of a possible argument and can be proven, on the other hand presuppositions are considered to be the assumptions that can not be proved or disproved. In order to …
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