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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Is this article conflating Gender Norms with Sexual Norms?

"Public Library Deletes Pictures Of Drag Queens Fondling Children At Story Hour" Off course they only show children hugging and laying on drag queens with the later not putting their hands on children, but that isn't the important part: “M...

asked on Monday, Jun 12, 2023 12:47:59 AM by 87blue
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Appeal to (dis)respect

I imagine that this would likely fall under appeal to emotion , but I submit this to the group for other opinions. I multiple instances I've seen people use the reasoning that, if an argument is perceived as disrespectful towards a revered person/...

asked on Saturday, Jun 10, 2023 04:07:26 PM by FormerRedditor
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Can a non sequitur be between premises rather than the conclusion?

Here is a meme that I saw on FB:   P1: Science is based on evidences.  P2: Evidences are evidenced through perception.  P:3 Perception is subjective.  P:4 Evidences are subjective.  C: Therefore science is subjective.&...

asked on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 09:24:14 PM by Jason Mathias
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What is the name of this fallacy?

From here : The Boston Globe shared a study by the Williams Insititute, a pro-trans “think” tank, that ignored the transgender sex assaults you are about to read about. A first-of-its-kind study being released Wednesday refutes the pr...

asked on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 02:04:20 PM by 87blue
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Promiscuity: Men vs Women

A young man (Joey) who has never had sex is talking to a friend. He says, “Holy cow, it’s so hard to meet women, and it’s impossible to meet a virgin. Maybe I should go look for a wife in another country, where the women aren&rsquo...

asked on Friday, May 19, 2023 11:12:55 PM by David Blomstrom
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Responding a question with another question

In a group of logical fallacies I started this new post to engage with the community in some healty conversations with arguments around any topic.  I then asked the question:  " Why aren't you vegan ?" I now realize that I supposed mayb...

asked on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 05:01:16 AM by TheBlueDragonfly
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wrongly accused of cherry picking

In an online discussion I confronted myself with someone that has very different ideas from me. She accused me of Cherry Picking, but as I later demostrated, there is a whole corpe of scientific evidence and international bodies that support my thes...

asked on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 09:44:37 AM by TheBlueDragonfly
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The people you vote kill people at the borders and you are worried about this graffiti

Today I saw a graffiti on the inside wall of a university class, saying: "The people you vote kill people at the borders and you are worried about this graffiti" This would make sense only if someone was able to worry about one thing at a time, so...

asked on Monday, May 15, 2023 08:06:03 PM by Kostas Oikonomou
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So children need a mother and father, and not just loving parents in general?

From here : Same-sex parenting is an abusive practice whereby two gay adults contrive to deprive a helpless child of the love and support of a mother or father.   This is making a lot of assumptions, like a child NEEDS EXACTLY BOTH at the ...

asked on Friday, May 12, 2023 08:15:23 PM by 87blue
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Can Deductive arguments change in circumstances?

“All Wars end by Negotiating, therefore we need to negotiate with Russia.”  I think it’s a none sequitor and the fact the term Negotiating is extremely broad, which can mean anything from Unconditional surrender to prolonged...

asked on Tuesday, May 09, 2023 10:58:55 AM by alex
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