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Focusing on minor detailsYou have a discussion in which you make numerous points and your interlocutor responds by ignoring pretty much all your points, instead singling out a minor detail which wasn't really germane and this responding to this at length. Is there a name for this? |
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| asked on Saturday, Jun 06, 2020 06:46:11 AM by Bryan | ||||
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Sounds like he Cherry Picked one of your points and then made a Red Herring out of it which Avoided the Issue . |
| answered on Saturday, Jun 06, 2020 08:07:40 AM by Jason Mathias | |
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This is hair splitting, a form of Red Herring where the person is attempting to quibble over minor details. This distracts from main topic of discussion. For example, kicking up a fuss about a...spelling mistake. If the person picked your weakest point and replied to that as if it represented your whole argument, that would be a Weak Man fallacy. However, try not to make too many points because you could easily commit fallacy yourself (Shotgun Spree/Gish Gallop) if you focus on a high quantity of arguments rather than good quality. |
| answered on Saturday, Jun 06, 2020 11:53:44 AM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | |
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This sounds like a classic Red Herring . |
| answered on Saturday, Jun 06, 2020 08:04:34 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD | |
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