Ask Your Questions About Logical Fallacies

Welcome! This is the place to ask the community of experts and other fallacyophites (I made up that word) if someone has a committed a fallacy or not. This is a great way to settle a dispute!


Dr. Bo's Criteria for Logical Fallacies:

  • It must be an error in reasoning not a factual error.
  • It must be commonly applied to an argument either in the form of the argument or in the interpretation of the argument.
  • It must be deceptive in that it often fools the average adult.
Therefore, we will define a logical fallacy as a concept within argumentation that commonly leads to an error in reasoning due to the deceptive nature of its presentation. Logical fallacies can comprise fallacious arguments that contain one or more non-factual errors in their form or deceptive arguments that often lead to fallacious reasoning in their evaluation.
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What fallacy is this?

What kind of fallacy is this? Person 1 claims that paper straws are better for the environment as opposed to plastic ones. Person 2 claims like the 6 plastic solo cups or the styrofoam to-go box is okay... but we are “going green” with paper str...

asked on Wednesday, Jan 08, 2020 08:29:02 PM by Jason Mathias
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What fallacy is this?

What kind of fallacy is this? Person 1 claims that paper straws are better for the environment as opposed to plastic ones. Person 2 claims like the 6 plastic solo cups or the styrofoam to-go box is okay... but we are “going green” with paper str...

asked on Wednesday, Jan 08, 2020 08:26:08 PM by Jason Mathias
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What kind of logical fallacy is this?

A:Everyone praise X as a genius,perfect. Many people aren't sure about Y some people even call him Mad man! What kind of logical fallacy is this?

asked on Wednesday, Jan 01, 2020 11:47:54 AM by Starbeard
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What kind of logical fallacy is this?

"It is impossible to understand a philosophy perfectly."-What kind of logical fallacy?

asked on Wednesday, Jan 01, 2020 08:12:25 AM by Starbeard
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What kind of logical fallacy is this?

"Do many more studies. You are not worth arguing with me." If someone keep telling it that I don't know anything so I am not worthy to argue with him. What kind of logical fallacy he is making?

asked on Tuesday, Dec 31, 2019 11:56:04 AM by Starbeard
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How many fallacy’s are in this exchange of dialog

This is i situation that arose at work one day between me, my boss and the client we have a contract with. I work for a VERY large publicly traded company. Me to Jane doe my boss via text: “There are 8 workers here and only 6 signs. We are short 2...

asked on Sunday, Dec 29, 2019 03:28:53 PM by THE RABBIT
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A doubt this negation argument is valid.

Something is screwy about this…what is it? This was proposed as P "all Zygotes are NOT persons" If ~P (negation of P) finds contradiction, then P is true. ~P has two parts: ~P1 not all Zygotes are not persons (at least one is a person) ...

asked on Wednesday, Dec 18, 2019 04:36:23 PM by Daniel Pugh
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holding up an outlier to refute a true, factual statement

A friend of mine is a Christian Scientist. She believes that illnesses exist only in the mind and can be cured by "right thinking" and prayer. She is 72 years old. Recently she complained to me that a lot of her friends have been dying late...

asked on Saturday, Dec 14, 2019 10:30:35 PM by Louise
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The Reverse of Ad Hominem

Is there a fallacy that is the reverse of Abusing the Man (Ad Hominem)? For example, I have noticed how people will give gushing praise and adulation of a witness or somone defending some position on television. It seems to me that this is the other...

asked on Thursday, Dec 12, 2019 12:06:12 PM by Dr. Greg
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Fallacy about possible consequences of risk

My wife has a pattern of communication about risk that I find annoying and I am not sure exactly which fallacy it is.  A recent example: we are parked in front of a well-lit supermarket in the evening.  We need to run in for one item.  But she rea...

asked on Wednesday, Dec 11, 2019 01:06:05 AM by Matt
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