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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It's not about X, it's about Y.

Joe Biden recently said: 'This is not about freedom or personal choice, it's about protecting yourself and those around you.' Another example would be, in the case of increased surveillance: 'It's not about privacy or the freedom to go about witho...

asked on Saturday, Sep 11, 2021 02:37:27 PM by Daniel
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Non sequitur?

asked on Thursday, Sep 09, 2021 10:58:01 PM by Lynx Ssss
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Is their a fallacy for when someone tries to change their story.

Is their a fallacy for when someone tries to change their story.   Person A: Does not mean all people will do X. Person B: come on really, use commonsense. I'm a realist , don't think some wouldn't do what I commented... Person A: the key w...

asked on Thursday, Sep 09, 2021 05:06:06 PM by richard smith
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Are there any fallacies in this internet meme?

“IF THIS WAS A REAL PANDEMIC THEY WOULDN’T BE FIRING EXPERIENCED HEALTHCARE WORKERS FOR THEIR REFUSAL TO TAKE THE JAB.” 

asked on Thursday, Sep 09, 2021 02:25:59 PM by Jason Mathias
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My body my choice (False equivalence?)

Is the "My body my choice" response to getting the covid-19 vaccine a false equivalence fallacy regarding its original context of relating to abortion? Is it a Tu Quoque and a false equivalence fallacy? 

asked on Thursday, Sep 09, 2021 01:06:44 PM by Jason Mathias
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What fallacy is this?

technology experts have been saying technology will eliminate jobs for centuries now, and it just hasn't happened, So it never will." Put more formally, it would look like this: Throughout history, there are those who have predicted that techno...

asked on Wednesday, Sep 08, 2021 01:44:26 AM by mnac87
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What fallacy is this?

Posted on Social media using a clip comparing it to a newspaper headline, throws a question to create doubt, thus makes one conclude that what was said in the video is a lie. Video: Government official, defending a senator before a news reporter tha...

asked on Saturday, Sep 04, 2021 07:48:40 AM by marvz
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Fallacy?

People at ancient time saw sun and moon orbiting in a round path, therefore they knew that earth is round because it can only happen when earth is round

asked on Thursday, Sep 02, 2021 10:09:02 PM by Lynx Ssss
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Is this an example of a category error?

Materialism is the view that nothing but the material exists (roughly speaking, physical stuff, composed of particles). The idea of souls, spirits, disembodied consciousness is rejected outright. In the argument against materialism, this was propose...

asked on Wednesday, Sep 01, 2021 03:50:20 PM by Jim
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Jumping to conclusions?

1. You sign up in google account. 2. Google asks the username. 3. He didn't told you should write your real name. 4. He also didn't told you should write fake user name. 5. Therefore, you can write anything.

asked on Sunday, Aug 29, 2021 10:00:50 AM by Lynx Ssss
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