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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. |
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Something is complex, therefore it is true?What would a name for this fallacy be? It isn't appeal to complexity. |
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Irrelevancy and the non-sequitur fallacyI want to know how we can determine if something has a relevant implication. Let’s take for example the wishful thinking fallacy. We know that simply wanting something to be true does not make it so. But… how exactly do we know t... |
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Guilt by Association Fallacy?Most of the people in new york are criminals. Therefore everyone you met are likely to be criminals. |
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Can Sea lioning be a fallacy?I had looked up to a bad-faith debate tactic called, "Sealioning" which is in quite basic terms asking a person to prove everything that they claim regardless of its level of relevance to the conversation. So this is a tactic, but gish gallop is ... |
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Is there a logical fallacy on either side of this interchange?Is there a logical fallacy on either side of this interchange? A: Voting laws should require that copies of a drivers license or other picture ID be shown to prevent fraudulent ballots to be submitted. B: Laws that require such IDs m... |
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Argument by Rhetorical QuestionIn the list of pseudo logical fallacies ( https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Pseudo-Logical-Fallacies ), there is the 'Argument by Rhetorical Question'. However, I am slightly confused about this fallacy: 1) What is the general fo... |
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Is Affirmative Action a form of tokenism?I have read the tokenism fallacy and from what I am getting it's based on practice that is rather based on symbolism than any producible purpose. So assuming that everyone is equal in gender, race, and ethnicity (because that is the literal perce... |