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Is this a valid or fallacious argument, and why?If dinosaurs died millions of years ago, then scientists wouldn’t find DNA in dinosaur fossils. Scientists found DNA in dinosaur fossils. Therefore, dinosaurs didn’t die millions of years ago. The argument form would resemble this (... |
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Fallacy of a single causeThis first post to this site. So far I find it very informative. My question is, is the fallacy of a single cause, the same as reductionism, or reductivism? My understanding is that reductionism is to break down a complex system, into smaller segm... |
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You are free to believe that...Often when I am talking to conspiracy types and I present the evidence and logic for a particular explanation of something they think is a hoax (spacecraft launching satellites for example) they reply with: 'You are free to believe that, I won't jud... |
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What is wrong with this reasoning?Bill (B), is a strong believer in God Joe (J), is an atheist B - God created entirety. Absolutely everything. Nothing existed before God. J - Nothing? No matter, no energy, no particles, just unbounded void? B - Yes. J - How is it logically possibl... |
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Can anyone which fallacy this is pleaseBeauty is power. Power corrupts people. Therefore, beautiful people are corrupt. |
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What’s the best way to unpack this?What’s the best way to unpack and identify the flaws in this response? James Neal - let me guess, you are a fan of MMT? Wouldn't surprise me. It is trash for many reasons, here are five. Regarding the debt ceiling, this is a constant g... |
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How do I respond to this?"If there are some things, some believe, that are beyond reason and logic are what made hell a possibility, then Hell is as real as "The Lord of The Rings" and pop culture franchises." |
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strawman fallacy and secundum quidI was wondering whether strawman fallacy is another name for secundum quid. They both involve oversimplification. Do I understand it correctly? Thank you very much. |
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What's the name of this fallacy?for the sake of simplicity i will refer to things in question as x and y Person1: X and Y are the same thing Person 2: No, X and Y are different, if they were the same we wouldn't have to refer to them as X and Y; only X or Y (basically only one... |
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A Litany of FallaciesThis oozed over the transom this morning and I had a difficult time pinpointing just how many it touched on, so I thought I would open it up to the cognoscenti to see what you all thought. " Aristotle invented intellectualism the method of abstract... |