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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What fallacy is this transphobe making?

So there is this guy arguing against the legitimacy of Trans people, who's definition of women is A person born with XX chromosomes who is of the nature to give birth.   I pointed out that this excludes infertile women and he responds : I sa...

asked on Friday, Oct 11, 2024 12:49:11 AM by 87blue
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Appeal to emotions

I've noticed in the personal training and fitness industry is that people who want to hire dietitians and personal trainers, do so under pressure. For example, How serious are you about reaching your goals 1 out of 10? If you are serious about makin...

asked on Wednesday, Oct 09, 2024 05:38:32 PM by Kris
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one religious person says the is wrong to demolish others worship place as per their scriptures , when in comes to athiest , what is their source to say it is wrong

asked on Wednesday, Oct 09, 2024 03:19:15 AM by derek
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False equivalence?

It's important to a pastor for people to be the best Christians they can be. Similarly, for a football coach for wanting the best players on his team and giving it their best effort. What is wrong with this comparison? 

asked on Wednesday, Oct 09, 2024 12:32:51 AM by Kris
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Proof by Assertion of Blindness

This seems like a logical fallacy, but I can’t quite pin it down. It has elements of ad hominem, and correlation = causation, but seems a bit different. I’m not sure. The fallacy might be thought of as Proof by Other’s Blindness. ...

asked on Tuesday, Oct 08, 2024 11:32:21 PM by Smalltalk
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The comedian's defense

Something I've noticed from comedians in particular, but also late night show hosts, twitter personalities, podcasters, and even journalists/reporters, is the habit of deflecting all criticism by saying that you shouldn't take them seriously:  ...

asked on Friday, Oct 04, 2024 12:26:42 PM by Mr. Brinstar
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Is he appealing to bias

  There is this guy who after I give evidence says: Here's a bunch of videos about ancient aliens. Get ready to have your mind blown. It wouldn't be online if it wasn't true! But he isn't showing how my source is biased or wrong at all. An...

asked on Thursday, Sep 26, 2024 02:38:00 PM by 87blue
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What's wrong with this logic?

We need feminism because a man in a room full of women is ecstatic, and a woman in a room full of men Is terrified. 

asked on Tuesday, Sep 24, 2024 10:37:46 PM by Kris
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What's wrong with this logic?

Pensacola hasn't had a major hurricane since Ivan in 2004. We overdue for one. 

asked on Monday, Sep 23, 2024 02:33:25 AM by Kris
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Reducto ad absurdem?

Person 1: The Bible says….   Person 2: People who say the Bible says anything is already false the Bible doesn’t actually say anything, there’s no voice that actually comes from the book to say something to those who open i...

asked on Sunday, Sep 22, 2024 08:10:38 PM by LF2023