Does this fallacy exist?
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Original Question
I tried searching Current Year fallacy but couldnt find anything. The current year is an argument I see a lot and suspected it that it was a fallacy. For example: It's the current year, why doesnt everyone have X
"It's the 2018 why doesnt everyone have a smart phone?"
Does this fallacy exist?
"It's the 2018 why doesnt everyone have a smart phone?"
Does this fallacy exist?
Answers
3It would fall under a non sequiter , assuming that the year has nothing/little to do with X.
Chronological snobbery
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Actually, behind this is a valid logical conclusion with the expected result.
My understanding of the underlying statement is as follows:
(1) in the year 2018, everybody has a smartphone.
(2) it is the year 2018.
(3) everybody has a smartphone.
So far this a "textbook example" of the 'modus ponens', one of the most elementary logic figures.
Except that we have already established that (3) is false .
This means in turn that at least one of (1) or (2) must be false , too – either it is not the year 2018, or there isn't really a rule that says that everybody in 2018 must have a smartphone.
Since I can verify the current year by quickly glancing at my wall calendar, I have to assume that it's actually premise (1) that is false .
I hope that explains. No (logical) fallacy here, just a wrong presumption (is there a named fallacy for that?)
@AdHominemInfo
Actually, behind this is a valid logical conclusion with the expected result.
My understanding of the underlying statement is as follows:
(1) in the year 2018, everybody has a smartphone.
(2) it is the year 2018.
(3) everybody has a smartphone.
So far this a "textbook example" of the 'modus ponens', one of the most elementary logic figures.
Except that we have already established that (3) is false .
This means in turn that at least one of (1) or (2) must be false , too – either it is not the year 2018, or there isn't really a rule that says that everybody in 2018 must have a smartphone.
Since I can verify the current year by quickly glancing at my wall calendar, I have to assume that it's actually premise (1) that is false .
I hope that explains. No (logical) fallacy here, just a wrong presumption (is there a named fallacy for that?)
@AdHominemInfo
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