2 answers |
Are they fallacies? what are their names?Are they fallacies? what are their names? 1- when someone asks for proofs, data, search in every statement, even for universal concepts. 2- when someone uses general terms to avoid speaking specifically, for example, instead of talking about... |
4 answers |
is there a specific term for this fallacy?If a person forcefully injects their own definition or interpretation into a term although their definition is not accurate relative to the term/topic. For example, if someone claims that Post-modernism includes the alienating aspect where there is... |
4 answers |
World since Biden in White HouseI read about a gallup poll and the headline (not written by gallup) read: "Poll: Entire World ‘Unhappier, More Stressed’ Since Joe Biden Took Over." Can you detect a fallacy in the headline? |
1 answers |
Any Fallacies; A Meaningful Game!One of the axioms in set theory, extensionality, says that if two sets have the same elements, then they're equal. Let's define "meaning" as the set of all meaningful things. For example, "the dog" is not in that set because it is not meaning... |
2 answers |
If you haven't seen X, then any evidence you have against X can be dismissed.Person 1: 2000 mules is true. Person 2: 2000 mules isn't valid due to evince x, y and z. Person 1: Have you watched it? Or is that what you have been told to think about it? Person 2: No. I did my own research on their evidence, I hav... |
6 answers |
Logic is circular therefore it is invalidThis is an argument I have encountered several times and I always find it difficult to respond to. P1: Logic is required to justify logic P2: Using logic to justify logic is circular reasoning P3: Circular reasoning is invalid C: Logic is invali... |
2 answers |
are there any fallacies?Yesterday during lunch my little niece made an argument as to why pop quizzes are not a good idea for both students and teachers. To be completely fair, I feel there's something wrong with it but I can't quite point my finger at what it is exactly. ... |
2 answers |
Is the inference that journalists were speaking candidly when alluding to controlled demolition on 9/11 a false premise?In a video made to Tom Petty's, Free Fallin' focused on the collapse of WTC-7 we see a number of reporters allude to controlled demolition. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgx8Uwo-Vxc This is what they say: Vince DeMentri, WCBS reporter “It ... |
1 answers |
Controversial Logic questions regarding Ukraineif this is too controversial and it gets taken down I’ll understand: I can point out logical fallacies all day in U.S foreign policy but please put your political opinions aside for a moment and just look at what’s being said. I s... |
3 answers |
When a small percentage is presented as a normalityWhat logical fallacy, if any, is it if one treats a tiny percentage of category X as a sign that Y is normal? Example: 5000 apples 4800 of those apples are red 200 of the apples are green Therefore green apples are normal. I would think this i... |
