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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Any ideas?

Hi everyone! I need to base my research on a topic which has multiple existing and fallacious arguments (at least 6-8), and provide suggestions on how to make it not fallacious. Some examples of a topic would be arguments regarding Covid vaccines an...

asked on Sunday, Mar 12, 2023 08:55:44 PM by Sharon
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Question about irrelevant conclusion fallacy

There's this classic example of irrelevant conclusion fallacy about legislate on housing. Then a legislator comes in and says that the law should be approved because everyone deserves decent/dignified housing.  What i don't understand is, why ...

asked on Tuesday, Mar 07, 2023 12:24:32 AM by Ezequiel
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Paternalism

I wonder what logicallyfallacious.com called for the paternalism fallacy  Paternalism: A serious fallacy of ethos, arbitrarily tut-tutting, dismissing or ignoring another's arguments or concerns as "childish" or "immature;" taking a condescend...

asked on Sunday, Mar 05, 2023 09:51:39 AM by Joshua
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In the exception of ad hominem circumstancial you said the argument seen as less of a fallacy and more of a legitimate motive .how ? Does it refers to the counter made by someone ? Or it is about the person who have vested interest ?

asked on Friday, Mar 03, 2023 01:21:49 AM by Ms fame
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Can inferiority complex be seen as an informal fallacy?

I've noticed people can even be in self-contradiction when "hating" others but at the same time want to affiliate with them so badly. For example X hates Y and brags about imaginary "superiority." But at the same time X tries to affiliate with Y be...

asked on Thursday, Mar 02, 2023 03:34:01 AM by Nadir
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Is this making a presumption

From [here](https://www.newsweek.com/right-wing-pundit-joe-rogan-show-fact-checked-air-about-trans-claims-1757863): "If you're calling yourself nonbinary, you have dehumanized yourself, because human beings exist in a sex binary: male and female,"...

asked on Monday, Feb 27, 2023 05:22:41 PM by 87blue
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What fallacy is this? It's not right for our government to pay off all student debts when I had to pay off all of mine.

asked on Monday, Feb 20, 2023 09:14:53 PM by Daniel
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Find the Logical Fallacy

While asking this question "Why is it justified to kill and abuse SENTIENT animals?" the opponent responded "You can ask the people in the industry not me Instead of an argument with me go ask people in the industry." Determine the fallacy.

asked on Monday, Feb 20, 2023 08:23:09 AM by Zamkeer
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Is this a valid usage of the reduction?

The topic is about whether it is a “good” thing to procreate. There are many reasons one can conjure up to say it’s good or at least permissible to create human beings, but there are some arguments that seem, to me at least, valid?...

asked on Monday, Feb 20, 2023 06:09:02 AM by adam
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Would these be good examples of circular reasoning or begging the question?

Would these be good examples of circular reasoning for why ferrets should be legal to own in NYC?  The freedom of every pet owner to make decisions for their own family is essential in a democracy because democracies value freedom of choice.&n...

asked on Sunday, Feb 19, 2023 09:18:01 PM by Michael
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