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Does the Statement “There are No facts, only Opinions” disprove it self?I’ve had people say this to me with such confidence and I’m always blown away unless I’m missing something. What’s stranger to me is that this Statement is always used as like a last line of defense to me it refutes what ever... |
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Is there such as thing as the "ill-informed opponent" fallacy?What name is given to the fallacy of assuming your opponent holds their position, only because they don't have all the facts? I don’t mean the fallacy of not having all the facts. I mean a fallacy you have about your opponent. If I had to th... |
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Stating the ObviousI don't know if this quite qualifies as a fallacy, but it's something I see fairly often. Someone will state something that is incredibly obvious in order to refute a comparatively complex position, as if to make it seem like that fact had not been ... |
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Absence of termPlease name the fallacy involved when an assertion is based on the absence of a specific term in a written text, even though the concept is necessarily implied by the text's data. |
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Are fallacies restricted to arguments only, or is it probable that they need not be one?I’ve been hearing that no argument indicates no fallacy. I disagree with this claim; furthermore, it sounds more so; dichotomous and compositionist. How do you explain fallacies such as loaded questions, red herrings, dicto simpliciter, strawm... |
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Mindreading as a fallacyI've seen this bad argument a number of times, but can't find a fallacy listed anywhere that really fits it. That is, claiming to know (with weak or no evidence) the thoughts/feelings/motivations of another person, and using them to support or show ... |
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Comment about False Equivalence definitionThe false equivalence reads 'An argument or claim in which two completely opposing arguments appear to be logically equivalent when in fact they are not. The confusion is often due to one shared characteristic ...' Is the phrase 'opposing argume... |
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"Appeal to Accomplishment" is not always a fallacy?Is this an "Appeal to Accomplishment" fallacy? Building a Lego project, Person A has built another instance of the thing before, Person B is building the project for the first time. They get to a tricky point in the construction, Perso... |
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What's wrong with this picture?This looks like a gotcha against the LGBT community, except the former doesnt try to convert kids. This is projection right? |
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Is this an example of double standards?From here : If the kid wanted classified documents, he could have offered to clean out Biden’s garage. They totally covered up Biden’s classified document scandal, and Hillary Clinton got away with storing and transmitting classified ... |
