Ask Your Questions About Logical Fallacies

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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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Liberals are dictator?

I saw a comment from a media said that Liberals are dictator that don't accept criticism, see the downvote as the proof. And when there's no downvote he said that what he say is right? It seems that he interpret to win every situation in the first p...

asked on Thursday, Nov 17, 2022 06:02:38 PM by Niti
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No true scotsman

I have a problem with the No true Scotsman fallacy. I fail to distinguish it from a modens tollens. Take this famous argument for example: Person A: "No Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge." Person B: "But my uncle Angus is a Scotsman and he puts s...

asked on Monday, Nov 14, 2022 06:22:26 AM by Theo
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Any logical fallacy in Pete Buttigieg's rhetoric on abortion?

Pete Buttigieg said this about limits on late-term abortion: "I think the dialogue has gotten so caught up on where you draw the line, that we've gotten away from the fundamental question of who gets to draw the line, and I trust women to draw the l...

asked on Tuesday, Nov 08, 2022 01:58:45 PM by Colt
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Question about unfalsifiability fallacy.

What is the difference between an unfalsifiable argument, a defeasible argument and a indefeasible argument? Are they all the unfalsifiability fallacy?

asked on Monday, Nov 07, 2022 10:14:04 PM by Jason Mathias
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Is my teacher wrong?

Teacher: why weren't you in school  Me: my stomach was hurting so I stayed home Teacher: prove your stomach hurt Me: That's impossible because there's no way to prove my stomach hurt, besides me saying that my stomach hurt Teacher: so then ...

asked on Thursday, Nov 03, 2022 05:11:02 PM by Whimsicott
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Is this a non-sequitur

I saw this argument floating on reddit and wanted to know whether it commits the non-sequitur fallacy or not 1. Affirmative action is racist against Asians because it creates unfairness to them based on their race. 2. Asian Americans who support af...

asked on Thursday, Nov 03, 2022 11:19:46 AM by Theo
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Hate speech argument fallacy?

I can't quite put my finger on it but I can't help but think this argumentative statement is fallacious:   Hate speech cannot be made illegal in a consistent way: outlawing hate speech would be an expression of hatred towards hate speech, wh...

asked on Wednesday, Nov 02, 2022 06:46:44 PM by Jack
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If you do X correctly you will never make a mistake.

One of my jobs is operating a wood chipper.  Sometimes it gets clogged and takes an hour of painstaking work to unclog.  My boss told me that if I fed branches into the chipper correctly it would never get clogged.  This mostly sounds...

asked on Saturday, Oct 29, 2022 01:04:32 PM by noblenutria@gmail.com
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Abortion

I think the current understanding of "my body, my choice" is misplaced.  Pregnancy is not a choice, it is one of the possible consequences of choosing to have sex.  "My body, my choice" should be applied to the choice of having sex. What ...

asked on Friday, Oct 28, 2022 07:13:18 AM by kylee
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Does this come off as a slothful induction?

From here : “National sex education standards right now for K-3 say that gender ideology, that those children need to know by third grade that you can be a boy or a girl, neither or both,” Descovich said. “That is very concerning...

asked on Saturday, Oct 22, 2022 11:37:39 PM by 87blue
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