Ask Your Questions About Logical Fallacies

Welcome! This is the place to ask the community of experts and other fallacyophites (I made up that word) if someone has a committed a fallacy or not. This is a great way to settle a dispute!


Dr. Bo's Criteria for Logical Fallacies:

  • It must be an error in reasoning not a factual error.
  • It must be commonly applied to an argument either in the form of the argument or in the interpretation of the argument.
  • It must be deceptive in that it often fools the average adult.
Therefore, we will define a logical fallacy as a concept within argumentation that commonly leads to an error in reasoning due to the deceptive nature of its presentation. Logical fallacies can comprise fallacious arguments that contain one or more non-factual errors in their form or deceptive arguments that often lead to fallacious reasoning in their evaluation.
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is there an error in reasoning here?

If someone says: most people care about "x", therefore you are likely to also care about "x". Used probabilistically, is this argument fallacious?

asked 15 hours ago by paul
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Are these fallacy’s real or cap

Are these fallacy’s real or fake What I mean is do they  1. Meet the definition of fallacy 2. don’t fall under other fallacies  here are the fallacy’s : Appeal to reality, appeal to fiction, no limits fallacy, name fa...

asked on Friday, Apr 25, 2025 09:02:10 PM by Idk28282828
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"Intentional Fallacy"

It's been years since I asked a question! A particularly irritating development in political debate is that people will often respond to an argument about negative consequences by pointing out the (stated) positive intent of the thing being critici...

asked on Thursday, Apr 24, 2025 08:04:08 AM by TrappedPrior (RotE)
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Sinhalese ancestry

Do Sinhalese have ancient ancestry to ancient eurpeen  ?

asked on Monday, Mar 31, 2025 03:54:56 PM by Levi
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What fallacies?

On social media,  Woman points to the woman sign on the bathroom says “back in my day this was easier to understand.” Implying that in today’s context no one knows what a woman is anymore. Someone responds saying “back i...

asked on Saturday, Mar 22, 2025 09:22:39 PM by LF2023
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Scapegoating Fallacy and/or any other fallacy ?

Yesterday at work I put a metal gastro of rice into the freezer as per my manager's request. Later there was a delivery and during this time I was doing other things. I then heard my Manager aggressively shouting, "Can we not put rice in the freezer...

asked on Saturday, Mar 22, 2025 03:58:15 PM by Jack
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What is the fallacy of pretending to be the opposite of what you are?

For example a Nazi claims himself to be a Zionist. Although his ideology, beliefs, actions, advocacy are all clearly 100% Nazi, he insists that he is somehow a Zionist. Does that fall under a fallacious term? I know it's a fallacy to pretend to be...

asked on Friday, Mar 21, 2025 08:27:59 AM by Nadir
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Is this manipulative

During a conversation Pastor Wooten and I were discussing the type of music that I enjoy. His reply, it's important to grow in your faith and become a mature Christian. You're not there yet, give it time. His rebuttal, after a few weeks later, when ...

asked on Friday, Mar 14, 2025 06:47:49 PM by Kris
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tu quoque or exemption to the rule?

This is an argument of mine recently. No one has accused me of this fallacy yet. It's something I was pondering after having said it:   If global warming is an issue regarding AI, then shouldn't it also stand to reason that using discord, no...

asked on Friday, Mar 07, 2025 08:41:39 PM by Jack
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Appeal to emotions

While the logical issues are real from a formal critical lens, some might argue that Pastor Wooten’s advice, when considered within its faith-based context, has merits of its own:   Holistic Life Examination • Supporters may conte...

asked on Wednesday, Mar 05, 2025 07:03:17 PM by Kris
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