Some subscribers to Phys-L might be interested in a recent post "Re:
A collection of short pieces about fallacies" [Hake (2010)]. The
abstract reads:
*******************************************************
ABSTRACT: EDDRA2's "tdial" (2010) wrote (paraphrasing): "Fallacies &
Pitfalls in Psychology" [Pope (2010)] is about psychology, but a lot
is relevant to debates about educational issues."
In this post I:
a. repeat clinical psychologist Ken Pope's summary of "22 Types of
Logical Fallacies in Psychology";
b. agree with "tdial" that most such fallacies are common in education;
c. point out that they are also rife in other fields and on
discussion lists, especially "Begging the Question (Petitio
Principii)";
d. give URL's for four interesting sites managed by Pope; and
e. give a URL for Amazon.com's list of 9 books authored by the prolific Pope.
*******************************************************
As indicated in the complete post, at
<http://kspope.com/fallacies/fallacies.php> Pope gives examples drawn
from psychology of the 22 Types of Logical Fallacies. I shall leave
it as an exercise to provide examples drawn from physics education.