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Definition and Examples of Red Herrings in Logic - ThoughtCo
In logic and rhetoric, a red herring is an observation that draws attention away from the central issue in an argument or discussion; an informal logical fallacy.It is also called a "decoy." In certain types of fiction (especially in mystery and detective stories), authors deliberately use red herrings to mislead readers (metaphorically, to "throw them off the scent") in order to maintain ...
Red herring Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
red herring: [noun] a herring cured by salting and slow smoking to a dark brown color.
Red herring - Wikipedia
Red herring. In the mystery novel A Study in Scarlet, the detective Sherlock Holmes examines a clue which is later revealed to be intentionally misleading. A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question. [1] It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences ...
Red Herring: Using Irrelevant Information as a Distraction
The red herring fallacy is an informal logical fallacy, and specifically a fallacy of relevance (sometimes also referred to as a fallacy of irrelevance ), since it involves information that is irrelevant to the discussion at hand. In addition, the red herring fallacy is sometimes also referred to as the diversion fallacy or the digression ...
Red Herring - Definition and Examples | LitCharts
A red herring is a piece of information in a story that distracts readers from an important truth, or leads them to mistakenly expect a particular outcome. Most often, the term red herring is used to refer to a "false clue"—a piece of evidence that misleads readers to believe that a crime (or other action) was committed by someone other than ...
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