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Existential FallacyOne interesting fallacy that is rarely discussed is the existential fallacy . It is a fallacy in formal logic, specifically Syllogistic (or Categorical) Logic, that provides, in essence that a universal statement such as “all X” d... |
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Is this ad hominem?If someone is being toxic in a debate, is pointing out that they are toxic an ad hominem? |
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I am confused about this fallacy.Sorry but something is not clicking when i read the page about, "Shoehorning". It is probably mostly because it sounds like something that has already been covered, trying to, "stuff in" your narrative would sound like: cherry picking if you are... |
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WhataboutismThis is not a question but an observation from today's news. Whataboutism is a variant of ad hominem (tu quoque) , that basically says “you do it too.” (or "did it too"). With Tu Quoque, however, there may be evidence in support ... |
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Burden of proof and Occam’z razorYes this is directly related to my very previous question and I can’t help but ask this one too so please bear with me. Very specifically , who has the burden of proof? If someone claims something ordinary like owning a cat, and... |
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Affirming the consequent, evidence and probabilityI just came to realize that most of my day to day conclusions are actually the result of affirming the consequent! For example, “If my family ate dinner, then the dishes in the sink would be dirty. The dishes in the sink are dirty, therefore ... |
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Can this qualify as red herring?Person 1: TikTok is a platform that mostly consists of disgusting, vile and borderline illegal content. Sure there's some funny and good content on there, but the vast majority is like the former. Person 2: TikTok is just like any other social medi... |
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Are certain things *really* exceptions?Good Evening, I have found what seem to be issues regarding exceptions on the websites definitions of fallacies, for example: (Good Example [where everything is AOK], Appeal to Popularity) Exception: When the claim being made is about the popula... |
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What Fallacy Is This?--That's Not ImportantA makes an argument for claim X B responds: I don't think what's important is X. What's important is that...Y. --- B's response is both dismissive of A and an attempt to change the subject. |
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"Pooh Pooh" Fallacy.I looked at some of the fallacies at wikipedia and this one is called the , "pooh pooh" fallacy, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pooh-pooh#:~:text=A%20pooh%2Dpooh%20(also%20styled,the%20substance%20of%20the%20argument . It#s where an arguer labels an ... |