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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Do the terms “conspiracy theory/theorist” embody two fallacies: loaded question and strawman?

Loaded question: The use of the term "theory" tends to imply that the event in question does not have overwhelming evidence showing the crime of conspiracy has been committed. The use of the term "conspiracy theorist" implies that the person critici...

asked on Sunday, Jun 05, 2022 08:51:51 AM by Petra Liverani
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Name this fallacy

Advocates of gun control often note how certain nations with strict gun laws have low incidences of "gun violence". However, often times the nations that they reference have never had/don't have a high rate of violent crime in general to begin with....

asked on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 12:30:06 AM by Alexander
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Has anybody found some Psychotherapies seem logically inconsistent?

I was reading about some of the philosophies behind certain psychological interventions. And I find some of them what appears to be illogical. Im not against therapy at all im just questioning the hidden assumptions in them. Am I right to assume it...

asked on Saturday, May 28, 2022 05:43:45 AM by alex
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“Nothing is Certain or Impossible; there are only probabilities”

Somebody said this to me recently. It sounds like a another sophism or truthism . He used it in context to various things he believes in such as the paranormal, alternative medicine, allot of that Quantum woo Deepak stuff. Is this just an escape hat...

asked on Friday, May 27, 2022 11:54:44 AM by alex
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2nd ammendment argument.

The question was asked, Why do (slur removed) feel that the right to keep and bear arms doesn’t include so called assault rifles? A follow-on argument was made: If these so called assault rifles are for military use, which national milit...

asked on Friday, May 27, 2022 10:06:17 AM by John Best
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Is this an Appeal to Privacy Fallacy or what?

Fan: I'm sorry, but you've marketed this channel for edgy contents and as someone who plays a character that exposes awful internet users. Why don't you do something about your girlfriend working as an onlyfans girl? She even admitted on Twitch that...

asked on Friday, May 27, 2022 01:55:36 AM by Rendy Specter
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What is Lauren's Fallacy?

               In response to the shooting in Uvalde Texas. Lauren Boebert Tweets : @laurenboebert You cannot legislate away evil.   Is this Red Herring?"

asked on Wednesday, May 25, 2022 11:51:26 AM by eekahil
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A really sneaky fallacy, or just dishonest arguing?

I'm not entirely sure if this counts as a fallacy, but I will try to explain it. Here is the problem: everyone who is in group A will also belong to either group B or group C, but to help the argument the opponent pretends that group A and C are th...

asked on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 07:32:24 PM by Mr. Brinstar
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Who's burden of proof is it?

In a discussion with a Christian friend about the validity of The Bible, I made the claim that the bible has not met the burden of proof. This was his response... "You just made the claim that the Bible has not met the burden of proof, so prove you...

asked on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 12:09:54 AM by Jad
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Assuming Heather McDonald collapsed due to COVID-19 vaccine

In February, the comedian Heather McDonald collapsed on stage just after making the following joke: "I don’t mean to brag, I don’t care, but I want you to know: double vaxxed, booster, flu shot, and — I’m going to be honest ...

asked on Sunday, May 22, 2022 02:55:15 AM by KDU
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