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Does this have a name?Is there a fallacy or bias for ‘sneaking’ a false statement in with a group of true statements? For example, listing 10 accepted truisms but smuggling in something false to try and hide among the true statements. |
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What type of fallacy is this?Person A: Are you sure that X is safe? Person B: How can you ask me that?! Do you think that I would ever put you in danger? |
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Claiming all A cannot be B in one set because all A are not B in every setSomeone calls the geese in Anytown silly. I say they’ve called all birds in Anytown silly (knowing, but not stating, that all birds in Anytown are geese) They say that because in some places, all birds are not geese (i.e., birds ... |
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What would be the fallacy for switching the events for individuals?The argument here is that OP made a comment about historical events and the overall experience. Another person points out specifics in the form of "not every individual experienced those events the same way", even though OP was talking in a general ... |
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Is this ad hoc reasoning?Had a weird argument that was very redundant a few weeks ago over Russians poor military Performance. This is a little long.. The person told me no way Ukraine can survive for a few weeks. I told them oynx has been reporting the Russian losses... |
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What fallacy is being committed here?From a creationist : (speaking of abiogenesis and evolution) "Despite the mathematical improbability of such a thing happening, evolutionists fallaciously cling to the position that if a thing is POSSIBLE to have happened that it DID and DOES happen... |
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Is This Even A Logical Fallacy?I’ve had many discussions with science deniers over the years. One of their weirdest arguments is that gravity doesn’t exist. First, for the purposes of this discussion, let’s ignore the fact that gravity has always b... |
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Oh but this is just an exceptionMany times have I seen this response: "For every rule there is an exception and this is the exception to the rule" or simply, this is just an exception/anomaly. From my own experience, responses like this come from people who don't really argue in g... |
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Gish Gallop & can't find the nameHello, The book is an absolute gem both in style and substance (I am the grown up smart ass). I reference it while deconstructing testimony and cite it in legal briefs. I am looking for name for a type of argument that I frequently see, but for whi... |
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Burden of proofThe general form of the burden of proof fallacy is claiming that something is the case simply because no one has proved otherwise. However, I think there are situations where it's not unreasonable to do so, because sometimes you don't need direct pr... |
