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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Differences between False Equivalence, Extended Analogy, Weak Analogy

false equivalence , extended analogy , weak analogy   In all three cases one argues that two or more things that have something in common are equivalent, despite important differences that makes them not equivalent. Is there any real diff...

asked on Tuesday, Aug 09, 2022 08:06:11 PM by Kostas Oikonomou
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Fallacy Name?

I come across a lot of fallacies when i talk to other people but this one has gotta be very common, and obviously fallacious, it's that: Person 1 and Person 2 have an argument based on issue z, Person 1 is arguing in favour of defending z where as ...

asked on Monday, Aug 08, 2022 07:59:50 PM by Zelensky
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Limited Scope example as Begging the Question

The "Example 2" of begging the question I think fits better under the limited scope .  The example is 'The reason everyone wants the new "Slap Me Silly Elmo" doll is because this is the hottest toy of the season!' and the explanation says ...

asked on Friday, Aug 05, 2022 11:30:51 AM by Kostas Oikonomou
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Validity and Soundness

Since fallacies are about errors in reasoning in arguments, and since arguments are assessed in terms of validity and soundness, how are these terms ("validity" and "soundness") defined on this website, particularly in determining whether a specific...

asked on Thursday, Aug 04, 2022 02:38:40 PM by Darren
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Were there any new fallacies added?

Im just curious, have there been any new fallacies added so far? last time i went on here was about 10 months ago and im just curious.

asked on Wednesday, Aug 03, 2022 06:06:41 PM by Zelensky
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Sound logic?

The argument has a fair point, but are there any weaknesses or fallacies involved? P1: Guns can allow for more serious harm to be done, like killing higher amounts of people easier and faster P2: Other things can also allow for damage to take plac...

asked on Tuesday, Aug 02, 2022 05:11:06 PM by Jacob
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What do you regard as the key fundamentals of critical thinking and do you think you always follow them?

I'll put my answer later but I'm curious to see what LFers regard as the key fundamentals of critical thinking and whether they think they always follow them. If you don't think you always follow them please say when and why. I tend to believe that...

asked on Sunday, Jul 31, 2022 09:36:15 PM by Petra Liverani
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Avoiding The Issue vs Red Herring

Could someone clarify the difference between red herring  and avoiding the issue ? What would be an example of each fallacy that isn't the other?   The entry on the website for   red herring  says: "While it is similar to...

asked on Sunday, Jul 31, 2022 05:09:37 PM by Darren
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Is there a technique to demonstrate the rational failure of logical fallacies?

I'm having a conversation with a group of people and they have accumulated 4 different fallacies as their attempts to counter my argument. I want to demonstrate how utterly bad their thinking is by swapping out me and my argument with someone else a...

asked on Saturday, Jul 30, 2022 02:00:45 PM by Doug
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Question Diversion

Diverting from a question asked

asked on Friday, Jul 29, 2022 09:31:35 PM by Nootch
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