?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+characterization+of+the+one-sidedness+fallacy+within+the+framework+of+the+cognitive+distortions&rft.creator=Franceschi%2C+Dr+Paul&rft.subject=Logic&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=In+this+paper%2C+I+propose+an+accurate+description+of+the+cognitive+process+involved+in+the+one-sidedness+fallacy%2C+a+widespread+type+of+fallacy.+I+describe+first+several+characterizations+of+the+one-sidedness+fallacy%2C+that+are+either+inductive+or+deductive%2C+or+occurring+at+a+meta-philosophical+level.+I+recall%2C+second%2C+the+framework+of+the+cognitive+distortions+described+in+Franceschi+(2007).+I+give+then+a+definition+of+the+one-sidedness+fallacy%2C+by+describing+it+as+a+general+cognitive+distortion%3A+the+disqualification+of+one+pole.+I+show+finally+how+the+one-sidedness+fallacy+distinguishes+itself+from+the+confirmation+bias.&rft.date=2009-06-13&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6547%2F1%2Fosf-en.pdf&rft.identifier=++Franceschi%2C+Dr+Paul++(2009)+A+characterization+of+the+one-sidedness+fallacy+within+the+framework+of+the+cognitive+distortions.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6547%2F