The video below gives a brief introduction. This article goes into more detail. Just the bullet points from the latter follow:
The First Fallacy: Reason Is Conscious. The Second Fallacy: One Can Reason Directly About the World. The Third Fallacy: Thought Is Disembodied. The Fourth Fallacy: Words Are Defined Directly in Terms of Features of the External World. The Fifth Fallacy: Reason Is Unemotional. The Sixth Fallacy: Reason Is Literal and Logical. The Seventh Fallacy: Categories Are Defined by Necessary and Sufficient Conditions. The Eighth Fallacy: Reason Exists Primarily to Serve Self-interest. The Ninth Fallacy: Conceptual Systems Are Monolithic. The Tenth Fallacy: Words Have Fixed Meanings, and Concepts Have Fixed Logics. The Eleventh Fallacy: The Truth Will Set You Free; If Enough People Know the Truth About Social Issues, They Will Change Their Attitudes to Society’s Benefit.
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