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What is the falllacy of creating bad circumstances but only blaming the outcome of it (one that works in your favor)?For example if someone were to insist you buy their car tires that they're vending, but you insist you don't need them because you already have functioning tires for your car. So after ignoring your arguments and failing to convince you time and ag... |
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Is this misleading vivdness?Often you will hear news stories in which negative events are clumped together in such a way as to make serious events seem much more common than they are. Here is a made-up example: 47% of students in the South report that they have been violently... |
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Opposite fallacy to that of personal incredulity?Is there a fallacy that is the opposite of an argument from (personal) incredulity (such as a fallacious argument from credulity)? Thanks ahead. |
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Motte-and-bailey fallacyWhat is the Motte-and-bailey fallacy? It was used in a discussion of the dangers of AI so I will be interested in what the AI response might be as well as real human's. |
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Ambiguity Fallacy here?I am here to ask if this is a fallacy of ambiguity on my part: Not entirely. The latter part of your post, which 'other party' failed to notice, discussed how religious beliefs have evolved over many centuries. The initial part focused on th... |
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Dismissing an argument/position by claiming implicit biasA factual claim I made was recently dismissed on the grounds that "all persons have implicit bias" therefore "the claim you make cannot be assessed". An additional premise was that the other person did not claim I had a specific bias that this perso... |
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Please help me identify the kind of informal fallacy committed"Most people who buy lottery tickets won't win the lottery. Michael bought a lottery ticket. Therefore, Michael won't win the lottery." I think it may be the fallacy of accident, but I'm not sure. Could you guys please help? Many thanks! |
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Robison Crusoe FallacyI have come across the Robinson Crusoe Fallacy as an explanation about why some political divisions are so strong today. Is there a good reference for discussion of this I can study? |
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Overconfidently, simplistically reducing everything that doesn't go our way to another person being bigoted.I'm part of a Facebook group for Counsellors who practise a certain therapeutic modality. You can post relevant questions to ask experts and peers. Recently, a person posted this: "Insane how this question got approved, but the question I posed abo... |