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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Abductive reasoning

Is abductive reasoning fallacious? Why or why not? And how do you use it properly?

asked on Wednesday, Jan 12, 2022 03:13:46 AM by Alex
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Is the sentence construction logical? Cleanliness is not doing the chores.

The original sentence was "Sanctification is not obeying the law." I replace the sentence to "Cleanliness is not doing the chores." to treat it non-theological discussion if possible. I understand there are parameters of definition, connotation and ...

asked on Tuesday, Jan 11, 2022 10:17:18 PM by marvz
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Missing The Point

What is "Missing The Point" called in Dr. Bo's book?   Is it in the book?  (this was one of Aristotle's 13 Fallacies).   There appears to be two variations: (1) where someone makes an argument, gives premises for their conclusion, bu...

asked on Tuesday, Jan 11, 2022 10:47:20 AM by Ed F
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Meaning?

Just wanted to ask a simple question, is the fallacy hypnotic bait and switch called the way it is because it is trying to bait someone by asking them immensely uncontroversial questions that lead to a, "switch" meaning it comes to a randomly irre...

asked on Monday, Jan 10, 2022 03:07:53 PM by River
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Question About Examples of Extended Analogy

The book gives this Logical Form for Extended Analogy: "A is like B in some way.  C is like B in a different way.  Therefore, A is like C." I don't see how the two examples given in the book follow that pattern.  What are A,B & ...

asked on Sunday, Jan 09, 2022 05:24:50 PM by Ed F
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What Cognitive Bias Is This: Believing Something Because It Fits One's Narrative

Merriam-Webster defines Narrative as" a way of presenting or understanding a situation or series of events that reflects and promotes a particular point of view or set of values." People are often so convinced of their point of view that they belie...

asked on Sunday, Jan 09, 2022 03:15:25 PM by Ed F
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What is the reason for taking your position on Abortion?

My father and I were in conversation, when it turned to the dark side for a few minutes. "Why are you willing to side-step choice and force a woman to carry the child to term?" (me) "You know, a million fetuses are aborted annually. And if the wer...

asked on Sunday, Jan 09, 2022 06:44:02 AM by robert temple
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Different Interpretation of "Ad Hominem - Circumstantial"

I notice Irving Copi’s famous book on logic takes a different take on “Ad Hominem-Circumstantial” than almost all other authors including Dr. Bo.    In Copi’s version, an "Ad Hominem Circumstantial" is an argument w...

asked on Saturday, Jan 08, 2022 06:13:43 PM by Ed F
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Which fallacy is this?

Person 1: Jan 6th was not an insurrection.  Person 2: The expert body at the CDP with the Cline Center that was set up to determine what qualifies for coups and insurrections around the globe classified Jan 6th as an attempted dissident coup. ...

asked on Saturday, Jan 08, 2022 01:23:52 PM by Jason Mathias
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More examples of a Weak and extended analogy please?

Hey Can you please clarify the difference between a weak analogy and the extended analogy I genuinely don't understand the difference. Like not only explain it but a few examples I would highly appreciate it. Anyone is free to try help ...

asked on Friday, Jan 07, 2022 03:44:17 PM by
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