Ask Your Questions About Logical Fallacies

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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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Is this an appeal to positive consequences?

appeal to consequences I was just wondering whether the following verse from the Qur'an would be considered an appeal to positive consequences fallacy? Surah 2:21 - "O mankind! worship your Lord, the One Who created you and those from before you,...

asked on Wednesday, Jan 05, 2022 06:13:34 PM by B Smith
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Fact Check fail

I have sometimes found fact checks to be useful for debunking certain alternative viewpoints or claims, but at other times I have found fact checks to admit the truth of the claim, while denying it is true at the same time, while employing fallaciou...

asked on Tuesday, Jan 04, 2022 07:19:35 PM by Daniel
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There is no difference between these two fallacies.

Just finished the book and it seems that, "bulverism" is exactly the same as an ad hominem, stating that an argument cannot be true because of the character.   A great example of an ad hominem is Saying that someone who doesn't have a uterus ca...

asked on Tuesday, Jan 04, 2022 01:09:24 PM by Danzforme
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What fallacy is the opposite of the appeal to novelty fallacy?

I’ve been looking for a specific fallacy that I remember seeing for a bit but I can’t find it. The fallacy is basically the opposite of the appeal to novelty fallacy

asked on Monday, Jan 03, 2022 01:42:47 PM by logan
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Difference between sunk cost fallacy and an appeal to closure?

Appeal to closure goes like this: Person 1 makes argument x Person 1 refuses to prove x X is regarded as true for the sake of closure.   Sunk cost fallacy: Person 1 invests into x It is better to stop investing into x Person 1 continues...

asked on Monday, Jan 03, 2022 01:11:57 AM by
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Dismisssing the other person by claiming their motive is nafarious.

I think this seems to be a common trope by calling women "TERFs" for criticizing gender identity acts that could potentially allow someone to speak their way into a women's prison, or calling people " racist " for criticism of religious practices su...

asked on Sunday, Jan 02, 2022 07:53:20 PM by Alex Hosking
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Death by Citation Request

I'm not sure if this is a logical fallacy but it's commonly used in arguments, especially on the internet. The interlocutor questions the validity of a claim and insists on evidence or a citation for a claim that is either commonly known or that can...

asked on Sunday, Jan 02, 2022 10:02:17 AM by Dean
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Is there a filing lawsuit fallacy?

One fallacious argument that I have been seeing lately on social media is this:  Person A claims X is true.  Person B claims person A is lying.  Person B claims that a lawsuit has been filed against person A for making claim...

asked on Saturday, Jan 01, 2022 04:49:57 PM by Jason Mathias
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Is there a censored fallacy?

"Social media are censoring conspiracy theories, therefore the conspiracy theories must be true." People X are censoring people Y, therefore what people Y claim must be truth. 

asked on Saturday, Jan 01, 2022 01:10:01 PM by Jason Mathias
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Kafka Trap Fallacy?

I wanted to mention that the published book does not contain a fallacy called, "The Kafka Trap". It is a logically fallacy where if y denies being x, it is taken as evidence that y is x because only, "y would deny being x". An example of this can ...

asked on Thursday, Dec 30, 2021 03:36:12 PM by
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