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Hi John, See the nutpicking fallacy . |
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answered on Thursday, Sep 30, 2021 11:21:01 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD | ||||
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Nutpicking, as Dr Bo suggested, is a good answer. The Appeal to Extremes you mention refers to a failed Reductio Ad Absurdum (a valid logical technique), where instead of showing that an argument leads to absurd conclusions, the argument is distorted in order to make it look as if it produces absurd conclusions (this is similar to the strawman fallacy). |
answered on Thursday, Sep 30, 2021 12:25:30 PM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | |
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