reasoning errors
Flawed thinking patterns
Reasoning errors are mistakes in thinking that lead to flawed conclusions.
They include logical fallacies, cognitive biases, and failures to properly weigh evidence.
The study identified common reasoning errors in medical diagnosis.
The term appears frequently in psychology, philosophy, and artificial intelligence research, where such errors are catalogued and analyzed to improve human and machine decision-making.
- slippery slopeArgument predicting inevitable escalation
- straw manFake version to demolish
- ad hominemArgument targeting character
- red herringIntentional misleading distraction
- non sequiturIllogical conclusion or remark
jumping to conclusions · confirmation bias · circular reasoning · equivocation · false dilemma · apples to oranges · anchoring · framing effect · self-serving bias · begging the question · overgeneralization · false equivalence · moving the goalposts · sampling bias · survivorship bias · mental shortcut · appeal to authority · cognitive biases
- thinking skillslogic, logical thinking, logical reasoning, reasoning, critical thinking
- cognitive biasesconfirmation bias, anchoring bias, negativity bias, framing effect, optimism bias
reasoning errorsclear thinking
rational thought · critical thinking · sound judgment · good judgment · intellectual rigor