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What is the Fallacy?what is the fallacy when Because something similar happened in the past of a person or was blamed for that he can be blamed for a wrongdoing even if he did not do it. |
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Can black people be racist to white people? If you say yes can you tell me if there are any logical fallacies for people that say black people cant be racist?So I debate about this topic a lot and most of time I come to conclusion that people that think Black people cannot be racist, don’t have great understanding of how racism has played out in history. I would personally say that racism is ... |
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making reasonable assumptions and burden of proof(hypothetical example, real example is technical and not easy to describe) authority says: these are the acceptable bright colors: 1. white 2. yellow 3. lime green 4. pink Someone who's a really fan of black and purple says: But the ... |
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who has burden of proof when given some constraints and we're expected to make some reasonable assumptionsThe exact problem I'm trying to solve is too technical to explain, so I'm trying to come up with a simpler example. This isn't a great one, but the best I can think of at the moment: for example: to apply for this programming job, you must h... |
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Predictability Fallacy?The Man vs Bear debate has exploded across social media, in particular TikTok over the question of women's safety and violence against women. It's become really popular and it has been argued as a question of probabilities and its being used to say ... |
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Logical Fallacy FallacyIf you commit a logical fallacy, does that mean your argument is destroyed? Example: Bro 1: Dude you can't just say you like Stalin you f****g communist scum Bro 2: Ad hominem. Thanks |
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Can "Bread & Circus" be seen as an informal fallacy?The basic definition from dictionary.com "something, as extravagant entertainment, offered as an expedient means of pacifying discontent or diverting attention from a source of grievance." Supposing a government or a people from a certain country ... |
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New fallacy?May I suggest a Silver Bullet fallacy: the belief that there is a single perfect solution and all partial solutions are therefore unworthy of consideration (if not heresy in daring to suggest them). |
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how many fallacies are here |
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False Equivolence and/or any others?What follows are two arguments about morality. The second argument attempts to counter the first one. I would like to know if you can see any fallacies in either of them. As with the second one, I can see a false equivalence. Ok, here they are: Arg... |