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The “is-ought fallacy” fallacy

Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2011
AbstractMere facts about how the world is cannot determine how we ought to think or behave. Elqayam & Evans (E&E) argue that this “is-ought fallacy” undercuts the use of rational analysis in explaining how people reason, by ourselves and with others. But this presumed application of the “is-ought” fallacy is itself fallacious. Rational analysis
Mike Oaksford, Nick Chater
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The Heritability Fallacy

WIREs Cognitive Science, 2016
The term ‘heritability,’ as it is used today in human behavioral genetics, is one of the most misleading in the history of science. Contrary to popular belief, the measurable heritability of a trait does not tell us how ‘genetically inheritable’ that trait is.
David S, Moore, David, Shenk
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The Pastoral Fallacy: An Editorial Fallacy?

Pediatrics, 1973
I am astounded by your choice of "The Pastoral Fallacy" as a filler on page 589 of the October issue of Pediatrics!1 Why you have chosen to reprint a 1967 comment by Dornhorst and Hunter which reveals a total lack of understanding of our current concepts of comprehensive care in pediatrics is beyond my comprehension.
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Semantics and the ‘etymological fallacy’ fallacy

Language Sciences, 1998
L'A. se penche sur le role controverse de l'etymologie dans l'histoire de la linguistique. Alors que la semantique moderne celebre sa liberation par rapport a l'histoire, apres la frenesie etymologique du 19 e siecle, l'A. tente d'expliquer cette attitude frenetique et se demande si elle ne conduit pas a reduire la linguistique au role de critique ...
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Double Conjunction Fallacies in Physicians’ Probability Judgment

Medical decision making, 2018
We report the first empirical data showing a significant amount of double conjunction fallacies in physicians’ probability judgments concerning prognosis and diagnosis.
Vincenzo Crupi, F. Elia, Franco Aprà, K. Tentori   +3 more
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Is the Gambler’s Fallacy Really a Fallacy?

The Journal of Gambling Business and Economics, 2006
The behavior known as the gambler’s fallacy is exhibited when gamblers increase their wager after a series of losses.  The conventional interpretation of this behavior is that, after a series of losses, the gambler views the probability of winning as increasing.
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White matter integrity, fiber count, and other fallacies: The do's and don'ts of diffusion MRI

NeuroImage, 2013
Derek K. Jones, T. Knösche, R. Turner
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Periodontitis: facts, fallacies and the future.

Periodontology, 2017
J. Slots
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Virtual reality in cognitive and motor rehabilitation: facts, fiction and fallacies

Expert Review of Medical Devices, 2018
G. Tieri, G. Morone, S. Paolucci, M. Iosa   +3 more
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Diabetes mellitus statistics on prevalence and mortality: facts and fallacies

Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2016
P. Zimmet, K. Alberti, D. Magliano, P. Bennett   +3 more
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