(n.) Fallacious reasoning; deceptive logic; reasoning sound in appearance only\.

Italian hand acuteness aesthetics ambiguity argument argument by analogy argumentum ad baculum argumentum ad captandum argumentum ad hominem art artfulness artifice astuteness axiology bad case begging the question cageyness callidity canniness casuistry circular argument claptrap cleverness college of Laputa corruption cosmology craft craftiness crossed fingers crowd-pleasing argument cunning cunningness deception deceptiveness deduction deductive reasoning delusion demonstration discourse discourse of reason discursive reason disingenuousness emptiness empty words epistemology equivocation ethics fallacy fine Italian hand finesse first philosophy formal fallacy foxiness gamesmanship gnosiology guile hollow mockery hollowness hysteron proteron induction inductive reasoning ingeniousness insidiousness insincere argument insincerity inventiveness jesuitry logic logical fallacy logical thought material fallacy mental philosophy mere rhetoric metaphysics misdirection misguidance misinformation misinstruction misknowledge misleading misteaching mockery moonshine moral philosophy mystification non sequitur obfuscation obscurantism obscuration one-upmanship ontology paralogism perversion petitio principii phenomenology philosophastry philosophic doctrine philosophic system philosophic theory philosophical inquiry philosophical speculation philosophism philosophy proof pseudosyllogism ratiocination rationalism rationality rationalization rationalizing readiness reason reasonableness reasoning resourcefulness satanic cunning school of philosophy school of thought science of being sharpness shiftiness shrewdness slipperiness slyness sneakiness solecism sophism specious reasoning speciousness spuriousness stealth stealthiness subtilty subtleness subtlety suppleness sweet reason tergiversation theory of beauty theory of knowledge tongue in cheek trickiness uncandidness uncandor unfrankness value theory verbal fallacy wariness weak point wiles wiliness wit