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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Logical fallacy?

"The court accepts eye witnesses as evidence. Therefore, you should accept that I saw a ghost because I have eye witnesses."

asked on Monday, Jan 31, 2022 10:51:42 AM by Lynx Ssss
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What is the difference between these two fallacies?

Hi, what is the difference between cherry picking and the texas sharpshooter fallacy ? Many sources i found online say they are the same?

asked on Sunday, Jan 30, 2022 03:22:20 PM by Zelensky
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Is this a logical fallacy?

If the authority doesn't mention X then it must not be there. Example : The medical expert doesn't mention that the Egyptian mummy was emblamed, therefore it must not be emblamed.

asked on Sunday, Jan 30, 2022 09:28:44 AM by Lynx Ssss
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Is this abduction an "Affirming the Consequent" fallacy?

Greetings. I'm a begginer in philosophy. A few minutes ago, I readed in this link an example of abduction which is the next one. All men are mortal Socrates is a mortal Socrates is a men I see a problem in this abduction, because it has the for...

asked on Saturday, Jan 29, 2022 08:19:41 PM by Cristian
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Double-Barreled question

I don't see a double-barrelled question this is actually a well known fallacy from my perspective: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-barreled_question It doesn't sound like a complex question or a meaningless question at all.

asked on Saturday, Jan 29, 2022 06:05:27 AM by Destone
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Something is complex, therefore it is true?

What would a name for this fallacy be? It isn't appeal to complexity.

asked on Wednesday, Jan 26, 2022 04:03:16 PM by John
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Irrelevancy and the non-sequitur fallacy

I want to know how we can determine if something has a relevant implication. Let’s take for example the wishful thinking fallacy. We know that simply wanting something to be true does not make it so. But…  how exactly do we know t...

asked on Wednesday, Jan 26, 2022 06:21:31 AM by Alex
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Guilt by Association Fallacy?

Most of the people in new york are criminals. Therefore everyone you met are likely to be criminals.

asked on Wednesday, Jan 26, 2022 12:02:25 AM by Lynx Ssss
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Can Sea lioning be a fallacy?

I had looked up to a bad-faith debate tactic called, "Sealioning" which is in quite basic terms asking a person to prove everything that they claim regardless of its level of relevance to the conversation. So this is a tactic, but gish gallop is ...

asked on Tuesday, Jan 25, 2022 06:57:26 PM by Corvin
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Is there a logical fallacy on either side of this interchange?

Is there a logical fallacy on either side of this interchange? A:   Voting laws should require that copies of a drivers license or other picture ID be shown to prevent fraudulent ballots to be submitted. B:   Laws that require such IDs m...

asked on Sunday, Jan 23, 2022 04:26:27 PM by Ed F