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FallaciesWhen Whoopi Goldberg said "The Holocaust wasn't about race" and she clarified with the reason that both groups were white, was that a fallacy and if it was which one? I was thinking stereotyping, begging the question, etc. But I'm not sure. |
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Is foreknowledge logically impossible?This is my argument for why true foreknowledge is logically impossible. NOTE - this is totally different from successful prediction. Foreknowledge is truly KNOWING the out of a future event, not predicting or guessing it. So : Since the future event... |
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The logical fallacy of insisting on information that isn't required to determine the truth of something.In argument people will demand that certain information needs to be known to determine the truth about a matter but that information may simply not be required because there is sufficient evidence to determine the truth without it, for example, peop... |
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What Fallacy Is Thinking It Won't Happen...What's the best fallacy fit for thinking that because something has never happened before, it won't happen in the future? (e.g., I've never been robbed, or never gotten a speeding ticket so therefore I won't in the future). One website called this... |
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Guilt By Association(Ad Hominem) Guilt by Association seems to have 2 variations: 1). A makes claim X B responds by asserting that A associates with (or is a member of) Z, some person or group that is disfavored and/ or despised. Therefore A is not credib... |
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Logical fallacy?"The court accepts eye witnesses as evidence. Therefore, you should accept that I saw a ghost because I have eye witnesses." |
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What is the difference between these two fallacies?Hi, what is the difference between cherry picking and the texas sharpshooter fallacy ? Many sources i found online say they are the same? |
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Is this a logical fallacy?If the authority doesn't mention X then it must not be there. Example : The medical expert doesn't mention that the Egyptian mummy was emblamed, therefore it must not be emblamed. |
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Is this abduction an "Affirming the Consequent" fallacy?Greetings. I'm a begginer in philosophy. A few minutes ago, I readed in this link an example of abduction which is the next one. All men are mortal Socrates is a mortal Socrates is a men I see a problem in this abduction, because it has the for... |
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Double-Barreled questionI don't see a double-barrelled question this is actually a well known fallacy from my perspective: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-barreled_question It doesn't sound like a complex question or a meaningless question at all. |