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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Weak Analogy?

We should beat children to not do that mistake again because when a thief gets beaten he doesn't steal things after beating, therefore we should beat children to not make these mistakes.

asked on Monday, Aug 09, 2021 03:40:33 AM by Lynx Ssss
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A person provides his own, erroneous, definition of a concept and then shoots it down based on his error.

asked on Saturday, Aug 07, 2021 04:48:50 PM by mark
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Fallacy?

1. Animals are killed and eaten in wild. 2. If animals are being eaten in wild that means we can eat because animals are killed in wild. 3. Hence we should eat animals because they are eaten in wild.

asked on Thursday, Aug 05, 2021 05:42:39 AM by Lynx Ssss
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What kind of logical fallacy is X is illegal, therefore X doesn’t happen?

Would this be a false dichotomy? Or would it be a form of circular reasoning (i.e begging the question)? If not, what kind of logical fallacy would this be?

asked on Thursday, Aug 05, 2021 12:16:29 AM by quise
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What type of fallacy is this?

Every man is mortal. Your mom is mortal. Your mom is a man.

asked on Wednesday, Aug 04, 2021 10:25:35 PM by Joseph
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Not quite sure what fallacy this would be.

Backgroud:  In acts Acts 9:31 uses two words καθ’ - prep ὅλης - adj Person A: Acts 9:31 If it was referring to a place or thing it would be a noun. neither of those word are nouns. so it can not be ...

asked on Wednesday, Aug 04, 2021 07:35:26 PM by richard smith
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Rufusing to acnowledge real human behaviour.

It might be great if we could just set a speed limit and expect it to work rather than basing speed limits on the speed most people drive at, but we know it doesn't. To me I'd conclude that there's no point setting them based on political pressure f...

asked on Wednesday, Aug 04, 2021 06:02:53 PM by Alex Hosking
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so what? they all do that!

in a discussion about the many lies of donald trump, one fallacious arguement that always comes up is "all politicians lie", and i want to know which logical fallacy this most closely resembles

asked on Wednesday, Aug 04, 2021 01:31:39 PM by trevor
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Extra-terrestrial Life and Defining Existence

  You cannot prove the absence of something never before detected. This assertion is part of a larger debate I've come across as to whether or not extra-terrestrial life exists. On the surface, it seems to make sense -- we don’t know...

asked on Tuesday, Aug 03, 2021 06:54:40 PM by mnac87
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What kind of logical fallacy is X is statistically rare, therefore X is not a problem.

An example of this fallacy is police brutality. Comparing incidents of excessive force/police brutality to the whole population or police interactions shows that it’s statistically rare. Would it be a fallacy to then say it’s not a probl...

asked on Sunday, Aug 01, 2021 09:35:13 AM by quise