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Is there a correlation causation fallacy?For example: Republicans blaming Biden for high gas prices because of correlation not causation. They conflate the two and assume correlation is causation. The correlation being gas prices went up during Biden's presidency. Therefore, Biden m... |
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How to refute an argument based on “It makes me feel good what’s wrong with that”?I noticed perhaps when I push an argument to absurdity maybe it comes off as condescending or equivocating. Or perhaps it goes right Over their head. Someone told me that if thinking homeopathy makes them feel better why is that bad? I told taking p... |
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They all disagree so its all bunkWhat if I said that the study of economics is pointless because everyone disagrees and therefore the whole subject is bunk? This is bad reasoning but is it a fallacy? Mathematicians agree that 2+2=4 but there is much less consensus over ... |
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Inquiry regarding fallacies involving likelihoodWhat exactly makes a theory with less commitments more likely? How did we ever come to that conclusion, and couldn’t it be wrong? Im just a layman in this field, humor me. Thanks. |
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When is a “what if” a fallacy?I hate claims that are presented to be objective but then is based on speculative “what if’s”or highly unlikely but possible, it seems like wishful thinking or usually being contrarian for the sake of it. Conspiracy theories of cou... |
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I’m not sure of the argument from ignorance and of the concept of probability.Ok so first I will ask about the argument from ignorance and then about probability. From what I understand about the argument from ignorance, it’s concluding that A is true because it has not been disproven or that A is false because... |
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Is Virtue Signaling In An Argument A Fallacy?In answer to the question posted earlier today, Dr. Bo answered with the historian’s fallacy . In his discussion of that fallacy, Dr. Bo warns against "Virtue Signaling", which I see is defined as "the sharing of one's point of view on ... |
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You should've thought of thatWhen someone complains about the consequences of their actions, they often get told that they should've thought of that earlier. Is that a fallacy by any chance? Because I don't think it's reasonable to always expect someone to think of everything t... |
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Is this an example of hasty generalization?Specifically, I came upon this post while scrolling through Instagram. The text in the post reads - “You are getting attached again. Did you forget what happened the last time?” While in general this seems to be cogent enough, I am not... |
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Dismissal of peer reviewed papers as Appeal To AuthorityI present a journal published peer reviewed paper. The other person claims it is an appeal to authority. He further says that any experiments I have not done myself is an appeal to authority and will be dismissed. I run into this over a... |
