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Is there a censored fallacy?"Social media are censoring conspiracy theories, therefore the conspiracy theories must be true." People X are censoring people Y, therefore what people Y claim must be truth. |
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Kafka Trap Fallacy?I wanted to mention that the published book does not contain a fallacy called, "The Kafka Trap". It is a logically fallacy where if y denies being x, it is taken as evidence that y is x because only, "y would deny being x". An example of this can ... |
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Ignoring the premise of probability questionMy friend suggested a question in geometric probability: What is the probability of a random line A's end point, to not meet another random line B's end point? (in a space where only these two lines exist.) The answer I suggested: The probability... |
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Facts, opinions, context and fact checkers.Im sure you've seen the recent headlines about how Facebook admitted in court filings that its fact checkers are just opinion, and therefore protected by the 1st Amendment. The clickbait headlines have been blasted all across fake news sites with gl... |
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A Good Book or Comprehensive Article About Biases?Serious Q: Can you recommend a book or large article describing types of biases -- including but beyond the usual ones (confirmation, loss aversion, hindsight, etc.)? Very important to book I'm revising for use in law courts. |
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How to deal with Arguments in Social Constructionism and Nature? Have I committed a Logic fallacy?This is a bit of a touchy Subject. I was called a Bigot for suggesting Turner Syndrome and Klinefelter syndrome should be considered Chromosome disorders as they are associated with massive complications. Heart Disease, Cancer, Infertility, a... |
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Are there basic assumptions of logic and logical fallacies?Are there basic assumptions of logic and logical fallacies? For example, science has at least 3 basic assumptions that its built upon and they are: 1- There are natural causes for things that happen in the world around us. 2- Evidence from the nat... |
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How do you tell the possibility of an explanation when determining if an argument is an argument from ignorance?How do I do that? Is the mere ability to conceive of a situation / cause means that it is possible? I’ve also heard that there is epistemic, metaphysical and logical possibilities with each one being different. Do I have to consider the type o... |
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How to tell if a Non sequitur does or does not follow?I have a question about the non sequitur fallacy. How does one know or determine what does or does not follow? Is there a methodology or rule for determining this? It almost seems like an intuitive judgment call? After all, if someone made t... |
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Circular reasoning? I’m confused!Ok so I’m a little confused about this. Suppose someone says that “the Quran is so beautifully composed and heart-penetrating that it’s inimitable. It must be the true word of God” but then I ask that person, “... |
