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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, “... |
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What Fallacy involves asking a question with an unrelated presumption1. The Moon landing was Fake 2. How do you know that? 1. Does the Government Hide things from us? Has the Government lied before? 2. Yeah but is that actually evidence? 1. You don't think it was totally possible they might of just shot it on a f... |
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Is the Statements "Science has been Wrong Before" and "Truth is Subjective none sequitors?Most commonly used statements I see when somebody's claims are pushed against the wall and in a finally last stand pop one of these babies out. |
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"Congress doesn't have to take the vaccine, thats all I need to know"Here is an argument I saw on FB. "Congress doesn't have to take the covid vaccine. That's pretty much all I need to know." P1: Vaccine mandates don't apply to congress. P2: Therefore, we cannot trust the vaccine and so we should not ... |
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Are Value Judgements Subjective?From my understanding most definitions I see say yes. I'm kind of confused by that as it implies we can't run the numbers or look at the evidence of the impact on something. I understand somethings might be close but even those things require ... |
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Non Sequitir an/or something else?My reading of the current science is that the statement that "global climate change to a significant degree is caused by human activity" is not supported by evidence. I may be wrong, but most (not all) of those who claim that I am wrong sta... |
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Slippery slopeOut of all the logical fallacies I've heard, the slippery slope is the one that I feel is most likely to have exceptions to it, because I think there are plenty of situations where people are quite right to be concerned about one thing potentially l... |
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Qualification or experienceWhat fallacy would it be if someone tries to claim that someone's argument isn't valid because they're not qualified in the area concerned or haven't experienced a particular situation? There will be exceptions to this of course, because there are p... |
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No reason to lieA few weeks ago I saw someone sharing an antivax message on Facebook, quoting someone that claims that vaccines cause infertility, and his rationale for believing that person was that he must be telling the truth because he'd have nothing to gain by... |
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Is this fallacy of composition and division in the same argument?Here is an anti vaccine meme that I ran across today on FB. "Ive got a question. If I didn't get the first three jabs and go straight to the fought one, will that one work? Or do I need to take the first three jabs that don't work in order t... |
