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What kind of fallacy is this?A: Every Englishman is gentle.
B: Then, what about Mr. Bean? He is an Englishman. A: He is technically NOT an Englishman I mean. A: Every man loves woman. B: What about gay people? A: They are NOT a man!! A: Every individual's economical behavior is rational. B: But there are some irrational behaviors too. A: Then those are not economical behaviors. Can someone help me figure out what kind of fallacy is this? |
| asked on Wednesday, Oct 31, 2018 11:49:49 PM by | |
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the closest fallacy I can think of that matches those examples the best is the no true scotsman fallacy.
https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFallacies/135/No-True-Scotsman |
| answered on Thursday, Nov 01, 2018 01:11:10 AM by Abdulazeez |
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I agree. That looks exactly like the "No True Scotsman" fallacy.
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| answered on Thursday, Nov 01, 2018 08:38:07 AM by Jim |
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Definitely No True Scotsman. Also, what have you got against Mr Bean?
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| answered on Thursday, Nov 01, 2018 11:07:41 AM by Jim Cliff |
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