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Logical Fallacy FallacyIf you commit a logical fallacy, does that mean your argument is destroyed? Example: Bro 1: Dude you can't just say you like Stalin you f****g communist scum Bro 2: Ad hominem. Thanks |
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Can "Bread & Circus" be seen as an informal fallacy?The basic definition from dictionary.com "something, as extravagant entertainment, offered as an expedient means of pacifying discontent or diverting attention from a source of grievance." Supposing a government or a people from a certain country ... |
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New fallacy?May I suggest a Silver Bullet fallacy: the belief that there is a single perfect solution and all partial solutions are therefore unworthy of consideration (if not heresy in daring to suggest them). |
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how many fallacies are here |
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False Equivolence and/or any others?What follows are two arguments about morality. The second argument attempts to counter the first one. I would like to know if you can see any fallacies in either of them. As with the second one, I can see a false equivalence. Ok, here they are: Arg... |
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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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