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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I don't agree with you!

So, "I don't agree with you!" is an appeal to authority?  Assuming the proponent is taking the position they have grounds?  Is this a form of fallacy?

asked on Tuesday, Jun 20, 2023 03:43:19 AM by Asterion
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Is it an informal fallacy or some other form of deception for the arguer to hide their social affiliation?

To specify what I mean is: If an individual keeps promoting Nazi propaganda, keeps praising Hitler, wear Nazi symbols, hating on the very same groups that Nazis hated, such as communists, is he not being fallacious or deceptive by refusing to acknow...

asked on Saturday, Jun 17, 2023 03:52:56 PM by Nadir
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What fallacy is this?

In response to me saying: Gametes cannot be used to create a sex binary in humans, because no gametes can be present along with ambiguous or mixed gonadal tissue. When this happens, other sex markers have to be considered, none of which are binary...

asked on Thursday, Jun 15, 2023 06:51:51 PM by 87blue
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"A woman is a woman, anything else is not a woman."

"A woman is a woman, anything else is NOT a woman!" P1- A woman is a woman.  C- Therefore, anything else is NOT a woman!  Is this statement logically correct, but not factually correct? Or is it circular in nature? Bc this seems t...

asked on Thursday, Jun 15, 2023 04:28:17 PM by Jason Mathias
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I can dismiss you "because it's easy".

I was pointing out that a road has 99% non-compliance with the speed limit, I then went into detail about how and why it's the road design and the conditions at the time that dictate traffic speeds. And I go into detail about how driving is a system...

asked on Thursday, Jun 15, 2023 06:52:29 AM by Alex Hosking
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Is this question assuming that they aren't forcing gendered ideas onto their child?

From here : Of course, parents can’t possibly be aware of the true gender of their children. What do parents know about their children’s preferences in toys, clothes, cartoons, activities, and the like? Do children demand that their pa...

asked on Wednesday, Jun 14, 2023 02:45:02 AM by 87blue
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Is this article conflating Gender Norms with Sexual Norms?

"Public Library Deletes Pictures Of Drag Queens Fondling Children At Story Hour" Off course they only show children hugging and laying on drag queens with the later not putting their hands on children, but that isn't the important part: “M...

asked on Monday, Jun 12, 2023 12:47:59 AM by 87blue
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Appeal to (dis)respect

I imagine that this would likely fall under appeal to emotion , but I submit this to the group for other opinions. I multiple instances I've seen people use the reasoning that, if an argument is perceived as disrespectful towards a revered person/...

asked on Saturday, Jun 10, 2023 04:07:26 PM by FormerRedditor
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Can a non sequitur be between premises rather than the conclusion?

Here is a meme that I saw on FB:   P1: Science is based on evidences.  P2: Evidences are evidenced through perception.  P:3 Perception is subjective.  P:4 Evidences are subjective.  C: Therefore science is subjective.&...

asked on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 09:24:14 PM by Jason Mathias
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What is the name of this fallacy?

From here : The Boston Globe shared a study by the Williams Insititute, a pro-trans “think” tank, that ignored the transgender sex assaults you are about to read about. A first-of-its-kind study being released Wednesday refutes the pr...

asked on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 02:04:20 PM by 87blue
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