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Which kind of FALLACY does it fall underHi, Which kind of FALLACY does it fall under: 1- Cows eat grass 2- Humans eat cows Conclusion - Humans eat grass |
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What do you call a contradiction that spawns another contradiction?In the doctrine of the Trinity, it is claimed that there are 3 persons in the one God. The defining characteristics of God are omnipotence, omniscience, omnipresence and omnibenevolence. Under intense questioning, the proponent agrees that each pers... |
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VotingI am going to present two separate arguments here. The first one is: "If you voted for Donald Trump then you are an active white supremacist." A completely different one here is: "If you are black and voted for trump, then you are a sellout... |
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What kind of fallacy is "practice makes perfect, but nobody is perfect therefore I do not need to practice" ? |
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Claiming statements as opinionsWhat fallacy is it when someone claims that something they've said is 'just [their] opinion' when it's actually not an opinion? For instance, I recently had quite a lengthy argument with someone about Pluto who kept insisting that it's 'still the 9t... |
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What kind of fallacy is it when you ask someone where they would like to eat and they say "anywhere" ? |
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when opponent asks to ignore certain informationI have been trying to figure out if the following statement is a fallacy for a while. It usually crops up when I'm having a more philosophical debate with someone, so I'm not sure if it can be logically fallacious, but it feels very wrong to me. Si... |
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An appeal to extremes?"If collecting taxes on sex work is simply the government assuming the role of pimp, then the government is pimping all paid workers." |
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'No hypotheticals' moveSometimes a person will refuse to consider hypothetical statements. The underlying logic is that because they are hypotheticals, they do not apply to real life (and are therefore irrelevant). This would probably count as a B-list fallacy (if Dr Bo i... |
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Presentism fallacyI notice that this fallacy doesn't seem to be on this site. It means judging things that happened in the past by present day moral standards, which in many cases isn't really fair. For instance, people often complain about things in old films or TV ... |