Opinion vs Failure to Elucidate
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Original Question
An example given of the Failure to Elucidate fallacy is, "Guns don't kill people, people kill people."
It's a simple statement, but doesn't give us any clues as to what the argument - if there is one - is. Hence, we get a fallacy according to Dr Bo.
When do we move from a statement of opinion, then, to this fallacy?
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1What I had in mind when writing that was the initial argument, "Guns aren't a problem" or some similar claim, which is then "clarified" as "guns don't kill people, people kill people." It is the idea of moving from a basic stance to a meme, rather than a basic stance to clear argument. (I will update the page to "elucidate") :)
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It's not given as an example, it's given as a tip, which is that you should ask what the person's missing argument is rather than waste time guessing what it is. I agree with the tip, but it's not clear to me where it fits with the fallacy, as it isn't presented as a statement, followed by an explanation which is more confusing than the statement.