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Activist Logical Fallacy?"If you tolerate, you are complicit." Math wise, it goes like this: A: Person A is morally against Position Y. B: Person B 'tolerates' Position Y. (Tolerate in this instance meaning that Person B doesn't support Position Y but doesn't act out agains... |
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Comment on Saint Mary of Egypt....Here is an article on Saint Mary of Egypt , who is said to have lived sometime between the 3rd and 6th centuries. And here is what a person wrote in the comment section. Let's see how people respond to this comment --, ie Mary may not have ex... |
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What type of logical fallacy is this?"Because Kozol's forte is the detailed description of the school, the classroom, the work of the teacher and its effect on the student, we do not get from him any large discussion of why this resegregation has occurred." What fallacy am I d... |
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Mocking the positionThis is something I've come across many times, though I'm not sure it's a fallacy or just an unscrupulous debate tactic. I don't really think it's an appeal to ridicule , as that involves exaggerating an argument beyond reason. Basically, instead ... |
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Is this nirvana fallacy?Person 1: Working in fast food restaurants will soon be obsolete and be replaced with robots Person 2: That may be true, but we still need humans in the kitchen in case the food quality is not good Person 1: People get food poisoned and get served... |
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Jonathan SwiftIs there a fallacy in this statement? “Words are but wind, and learning is nothing but words; ergo, learning is nothing but wind.” -- A TALE OF A TUB by Jonathan Swift |
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LOGICAL FALLACIES EXAMPLES - WHICH ONE IS IT?Identify the type of logical fallacy present in each statement. 1. Erik Kidlat’s run for city council was successful, therefore he is a successful politician despite his four failed runs for mayor. 2. Gudrun said she believes that the house ... |
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Bertrand Russell and his tea pot analologyLet's see if readers can detect any logical fallacies in Bertrand Russell's thinking below. Note, this is not a debate on the existence or non-existence of God, but a focus on what Russell is saying here: In an article titled "Is There a God?" comm... |
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Is Representative Government rational?Is the paradigm of Representative Government a rational endeavor for intelligent humans? There is no requirement of intelligence or education in order to be elected as a Public Servant. If all Public servants are less intelligent and les... |
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Detect the fallacy hereStudents should be allowed to look at their textbooks during examinations. After all, surgeons have X-rays to guide them during an operation, lawyers have briefs to guide them during a trial, carpenters have blueprints to guide them when they are bu... |
