> The problem with list of logical fallacies is that people quote them in discussion without understanding what they exactly mean. Agreed. This is very very co

> The problem with list of logical fallacies is that people quote them in discussion without understanding what they exactly mean. Agreed. This is very very common unfortunately. Generally, I classify any argument in a discussion to consist of two parts - about the central topic and off topic (much like ratio decidendi and ober dictum in case judgments). It is important to ignore "ober dictum" and concentrate on "ratio decidendi" much like in law. Fallacies should be pointed out in on-topic part of the discussion while the fallacies in the off-topic part may be used to point out a general pattern or behavior of the person at the other end of the table. It should be made explicitly clear that off-topic sentence fallacies have no bearing on the content of the on-topic sentences. The best strategy however, is to quote the on-topic part and ignore the off-topic parts.