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richard smith

Person A agrees on a topic of discussion = agreement on all topics of person B

What would be the fallacy when just because a person A agrees on a topic of discussion from person B they believe person A agrees on all topics of person B.

asked on Thursday, Oct 08, 2020 09:42:36 AM by richard smith

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Bo Bennett, PhD writes:

To clarify, do you mean person A agrees to discuss topic Z, but that doesn't mean they agree to discuss topics X and Y as well?

posted on Thursday, Oct 08, 2020 10:04:28 AM
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richard smith writes:

A person C say Person A agrees with one topic of person B so Person C say Person A also agrees with all topics from Person B because he agreed with the one topic.

posted on Thursday, Oct 08, 2020 11:28:46 AM
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DrBill writes:
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C makes the fallacy of hasty generalization  but I had to wait for your clarification, since A might not have done that even if he celebrated on the single agreement.

[ login to reply ] posted on Friday, Oct 09, 2020 09:57:50 AM
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Dr. Richard writes:
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I accidently hit the wrong button, so this shows I disagree with the comment. That is not correct.

I think the comment right on point. But, the system did not let me undo my error. Sorry about that.

[ login to reply ] posted on Friday, Oct 09, 2020 11:29:06 AM
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Bo Bennett, PhD writes:
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I liked it to correct :)

[ login to reply ] posted on Friday, Oct 09, 2020 11:32:24 AM
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DrBill writes:
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's ok.  Thanks and thanks also to Dr. Bo

Bill

[ login to reply ] posted on Saturday, Oct 10, 2020 10:24:43 AM
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PaulAOberlander writes:

Isn't this more like Ad Hominem (Guilt By Association)?

posted on Sunday, Oct 11, 2020 04:04:11 PM

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I see this one all the time in politics and political discussion, typically as a discrediting tactic. It is  always  fallacious.

P1) Person B holds view X.

P2) Person A also holds view X.

C) Person A thus holds view X and all other views person B has; alternatively

P1) Person B holds views W, X, Y, Z...

P2) Person A holds view X

P3) ( implicit ) A person who holds one view in common with someone else holds all their other views on the issue

C) Person A also holds views W, Y, Z...

This is a  Non Sequitur ; it cannot follow logically that someone agrees with another person on every single issue simply because they agree with them on one topic. The implicit premise P3 is thus false and ridiculous (though it is technically logically valid in the second form because the argument is set up with that premise to lead to that conclusion).

In politics, it is also typically a way of using  Guilt by Association  to make someone seem worse because they hold the same view as a member of an unacceptable out-group ("so you support Trump, huh?")

The most hilarious thing about this is that it can easily be flipped the other way. Say a progressive (person A) disagrees with 'identity politics', sharing views with a conservative (person B). To say that person A is therefore guilty by association is clearly politically motivated; why isn't person B instead "honoured" by associating with the more progressive person A? 

answered on Thursday, Oct 08, 2020 01:51:27 PM by TrappedPrior (RotE)

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