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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Everyone is "Just Insecure", "Just Jealous", or "just Overcompensating". Not sure what fallacy this is?

Hello everyone, thank you for reading my question, So I have a lot of pent-up frustration with this fallacy from hearing it over the years, but have never been able to name it, let alone construct a cogent argument against it. I am not sure it is &qu...

asked on Sunday, Nov 10, 2019 09:45:21 PM by Edwin Wright
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Fallacy name of jumping from definition of x to "x doesn't exist"?

I'm in a debate class, and we're doing a logical fallacy unit. Basically, we need to make an argument with logical fallacies (not factual inconsistencies) and point them out in our partner's. In my case, our resolution is Resolved: Men are Men. I'm c...

asked on Thursday, Nov 07, 2019 05:03:22 PM by Arden
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Is this a Definist and/or False dichotomy Fallacy?

I was looking at an academic post on the definition of Atheism by plato.stanford.edu site. Now, I am not suggesting that the source itself is defining Atheism in this way; it could just be the signifying how it is often defined by certain others. How...

asked on Thursday, Oct 31, 2019 06:08:30 PM by Jack
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Apparently ad populum AND circular!

Here's one. In yet another pointless twitter exchange: @PhxApologetics, a user parrotting the work of Jason Lisle insists on the 'immaterial, universal, and invariant laws of logic' must exist in the 'atheistic worldview', because they exist in his. ...

asked on Thursday, Oct 31, 2019 02:12:27 PM by NotLordByron
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'If we can't get it right in education, we can't get it right anywhere else.'

'If we can't get it right in education, we can't get it right anywhere else.' I just heard this line on the news. I immediately thought: 'Why not?' I'm sure its fallacious but what is the name of the fallacy? Thank you :)

asked on Monday, Oct 28, 2019 04:21:53 AM by Daniel
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If it works in china, it must also work in india

If something works in one place, it must also work in the other. That is, it assumes transferability. For example, if mcdonalds is popular in usa it must also be as popular in the philippines

asked on Sunday, Oct 27, 2019 07:50:08 AM by Eduard Gonong
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Is this a fallacy if so, what is it called?

I recently saw an argument structured like this. "If you don't believe in X, don't do X." In that instance, it was used to say "If you don't believe in abortions, don't have an abortion." Regardless of my opinion, this reeks of fa...

asked on Sunday, Oct 27, 2019 03:47:56 AM by Jacob Barnas
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"She dressed provocatively - i.e. she "asked for it"

A woman dons a bikini and visits a bar full of marines. She is sexually assaulted. Most people would agree she did something unwise, but they would also agree that her behavior didn't justify the crime. However, some people (mostly men) will inevitab...

asked on Sunday, Oct 27, 2019 12:09:11 AM by David Blomstrom
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Making up fallacies

I recently came across a presuppositional apologist making reference to "the crackers in the pantry fallacy". I looked it up and it's a made up fallacy which doesn't refer to any fallacious reasoning, and iif anything appears to be fallacio...

asked on Tuesday, Oct 22, 2019 01:01:47 AM by Bryan
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Are theses sentence fallacious? If so which fallacies?

1." How fathers are portrayed is of particular importance. Fatherlessness is one of the greatest threats our children face." 2. "The evidence is clear 'man as idiot' isn't going over very well these days." 3. "Among the many ...

asked on Sunday, Oct 20, 2019 04:31:29 PM by Nicole
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