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Bo Bennett, PhD

"Old" Way of Doing Things

There is an advertisement (at least, one), where it is stated that a new, 'bunyon', treatment, is better than the "old" way of, 'surgery'. 

What type of fallacy is it when some, thing, is included in the argument that is not a real, or related thing, like this one? 

asked on Tuesday, Mar 29, 2022 10:43:51 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD

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Bo Bennett, PhD writes:

I might be missing the problem here, but stating one procedure is better than another is not fallacious. It could be false, and is certainly ambiguous (what does "better" mean?), but I see no fallacy.

posted on Tuesday, Mar 29, 2022 11:28:11 AM
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Bo Bennett, PhD writes:
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Yes, exactly! I think they are just referring to surgery, in general, as being an old method. But who is to say that it is, old, or new? I know it's deceit. Maybe, a lie. But it seems to be logically fallacious, to me!

By the way, I love this website!

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Saying that X is better than Y, simply because X is newer, would be the appeal to novelty.

Other than that...I can't really parse your post.
answered on Tuesday, Mar 29, 2022 03:31:39 PM by TrappedPrior (RotE)

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