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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History

What kind of fallacy is it whereby someone, in order to support the claims one is making, with very little evidence outside of just stories pulled from supposed memory, a quote by someone famous who knew the person, claiming that said person doesn't...

asked on Tuesday, Oct 10, 2023 08:07:57 PM by Ethan
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Facts

What do we think of the saying, “facts don’t care about your feelings?”

asked on Sunday, Oct 08, 2023 12:25:15 AM by Ethan
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History

How do you even begin to argue with someone who makes an argument that we should erase all history that demonstrates proof of a time where there was no equality, or  rewrite history, writing out the existence of certain people?  

asked on Sunday, Oct 08, 2023 12:22:29 AM by Ethan
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Conservative

Are there any fallacies conservatives use? If so how best could they adjust their style of argument to avoid such fallacies? 

asked on Saturday, Oct 07, 2023 09:44:01 PM by Ethan
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Abortion

Are there any fallacies used by pro choice advocates for abortion? 

asked on Saturday, Oct 07, 2023 09:26:42 PM by Ethan
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Christianity

Are there any arguments that don’t rely on some fallacious reasoning as to why Christianity could be considered the “correct” religion as opposed to others in the world? 

asked on Saturday, Oct 07, 2023 09:17:58 PM by Ethan
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God

Are there any arguments for God’s existence that are not fallacious? 

asked on Saturday, Oct 07, 2023 09:15:08 PM by Ethan
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Athiesm

Are there any logical fallacies atheists commit when arguing against the existence of God? 

asked on Saturday, Oct 07, 2023 09:10:12 PM by Ethan
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Not a fallacy

Are there exceptions or any points where the no true Scotsman argument is not a fallacy?  Are there any times an appeal to tradition is not a fallacy?  Are there any times where a slippery slope is not a fallacy? 

asked on Saturday, Oct 07, 2023 09:06:31 PM by Ethan
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Objective reality

What are arguments in favor of objective reality?  Are they right?  Are human beings really just blank slates? Is there anything in human nature?  How could one make solid arguments for determinism?  Can anyone find fallac...

asked on Saturday, Oct 07, 2023 04:47:14 PM by Ethan
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