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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quantum physics Fallacy here? And any others?

I will try to keep it as short as possible as it was a long take with respect to an argument that was inspired vie the book "The outsider test for faith" by John Loftus.  Them:  my contention is that contrary to the secular worldview, s...

asked on Sunday, Jun 08, 2025 04:01:22 PM by Jack
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De-Emphasizing the relevant argument (shallow response), while attacking the interesting one.

What is this fallacy called if exist? I haven't found a name of it, or maybe new fallacy? Soft-Burrying, Tokenize the Relevant  (label I made for fun) Acknowledges the point being made, has the capacity to counter it, but chooses not to elabora...

asked on Sunday, Jun 08, 2025 09:20:07 AM by Ao Tensor
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Hasty Generalaizations, vagueness, pure opinion, unsubstantiated “facts”?

 Politics is a dirty business and are there are no pure/perfect souls but, these last two democratic administration set new standards. It was recently reported, and verified, in the 76 days between the election and Trump taking office, the Depa...

asked on Thursday, May 29, 2025 10:20:34 PM by Manstett
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WHATS THE NAME OF FALLACY COMMITTED HERE?

I decided to sell my house. When I told my tenants about my plan, they claimed, "They will be homeless" And I repplied, "its not my problem" was I correct to say so?

asked on Tuesday, May 20, 2025 08:19:32 AM by Burtons
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Gulf of America

The Gulf of Mexico has been known as that since 1550. Trump changed it to Gulf of America. I think it should stay Gulf of Mexico. A respnse to  that was: "What you really should post is the Gulf of America, which represents South America, Centr...

asked on Thursday, May 08, 2025 09:18:12 PM by Manstett
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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 on Tuesday, Apr 29, 2025 07:16:04 AM 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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