Contextomy

I was wondering whether this can be classified as a contextomy. This fallacy is committed when passages are quoted out of context. What if facts or arguments are criticized while their contexts are ignored. Is this a contextomy?  Thanks a lot....

Fallacy?

1. A non vegan asks vegan that " killing and eating animal is justified 2. A vegan claims that killing animal is cruel. 3. Non vegan claims that when killing ants is justified killing animals is also justified 4. Hence killing animals is justifie...

Are many logical fallacies really NOT fallacies in logic, but simply fallacious for other reasons?

The Ad Hominem (AH), attacks the man, not the argument. This does not violate any rules of logic - it is merely a poor or unsavoury debating tactic. The fact that the AH may be true, or partly true, strengthens this claim. Example : "you are a a lyi...

Fallacy?

A person living in 21st century believes that largest country in the world is russia and after 3 centuries know that largest country in the world is china, Hence we should assume that when people live in 21st century don't mean that largest country ...

The Bible and Circular Reasoning

The example you gave for "Circular Reasoning" seems to be straight off of an amateur atheist website, so why use it? Obviously, what we call "The Bible" is a collection of 66 "books" varying from poetry, historical narratives, biographical narrativ...

Hear a number of people, when hearing of someone who was killed tragically or conversely, someone who you have have expected to be maimed or killed, but luckily was not; say "It just wasn't their time." I have thought this was circular reasoning.

Are Kafka Traps a specific type of Poisoning the Well?

Denying that you are a racist is proof that you are a racist.  This is a Kafka trap because denying that you are a racist is proof that you are a racist.  If you admit that you are a racist you are a racist there too, #itsatrap.  ...

See if you can detect the logical fallacy in this argument?

Actress Kristy Alley posted this comment. See if you can detect the logical fallacy. https://twitter.com/kirstiealley/status/1410932107812249605   People are becoming so “open minded” that down the road they will support pediphili...

Fallacy? Or Interpretation?

1. A book from 5th century claims that iron was sent down. 2. His followers said that it is reffering to iron coming from space. 3. When asked why it should be that case they told that when you reffer to largest country in the world you tell its r...

Self-refuting statement?

The statement "there is no  objective truth" (type E) is well-known to be self-refuting, because in order for it to be true, it has to be false. If the statement is true , then it is objective that there is no objective truth (as in, it isn't ...