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Note the bold part of the quote. That's the assumption the conclusion rests on - and it is a false assumption! It effectively states that the only reason to deny an accusation is if you are actually guilty. This is blatantly incorrect; an innocent person is also likely to deny an accusation against them, because they wish to establish and prove their innocence of the wrongdoing in question. So there is a reason other than the one mentioned in the claim to deny an accusation; thus, the assumption is not correct. In a syllogism: P1) Only a sexist would deny being sexist P2) Mike denied being sexist C) Mike is a sexist This is a valid argument, but, as we discussed above, P1 is false, so the conclusion is not implied by any of its preceding premises!
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answered on Thursday, Dec 30, 2021 07:05:35 PM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | ||||
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I am pretty sure your kafka trap fallacy is actually a form of conspiracy theory fallacy. Of course there is no evidence that X is up to something, because obviously being up to something X concealed/hid all the evidence. |
answered on Friday, Dec 31, 2021 08:33:28 AM by GoblinCookie | |
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