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Robison Crusoe FallacyI have come across the Robinson Crusoe Fallacy as an explanation about why some political divisions are so strong today. Is there a good reference for discussion of this I can study? |
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Overconfidently, simplistically reducing everything that doesn't go our way to another person being bigoted.I'm part of a Facebook group for Counsellors who practise a certain therapeutic modality. You can post relevant questions to ask experts and peers. Recently, a person posted this: "Insane how this question got approved, but the question I posed abo... |
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What fallacy is thisPerson 1 lights up a cigarette in the store And a security guard comes over and tells him that " you can't smoke in the store" And Person 1's defense was " I served 30 years in the damn Navy, as a proud white supremacist and proud pedophile,... |
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Using reason to attack reasonWhat is the fallacy when a person uses reason to attack reason? Example: You should rely on faith, not reason, and here are the reasons. |
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The Lamb FallacyThe Lamb Fallacy, or Fallacia Agnorum, is a type of faulty reasoning marked by intentional deception. It occurs when misleading information is used to create a distorted view of reality, leading people to accept conclusions that are logically unsoun... |
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Fallacy of the Lamb-Fallacia Agnorum: has this fallacy already been termed?i accidently coined a phrase while working on my book chapter about perception. so my question is... has this fallacy already been listed or is it a new one? Fallacia Agnorum, or "The Fallacy of the Lamb" Conveys the idea that an indivi... |
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Iraq War fallacy validationThe Visegrad 24 Twitter account said this: Number of Christians in Iraq: 1991 - 1.7 mln 2003 - 1.4 mln 2008 - 700K 2015 - 400K 2024 - 150K Any protest marches in London? Then another user quote retweeted that there were plenty of pr... |
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Dungeons and DragonsThe creator of this website might be familiar with this controversy since he was an 80's child. My mother moved to this country in the early 80's during the controversy with Dungeons and Dragons. She is warning me about playing this game since she r... |
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About dictators"An overwhelming majority of dictators in the history of mankind are men." a) Do you think that this opinion of mine is based on facts and is not a fallacy? b) If it is a fallacy, which one is it? c) Another person answered to me, "Then an overwh... |
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Shaming Fallacies?Ever since October 7 and the start of the Israel Hamas War, social media (in particular Twitter and Instagram) have been rife with arguments and statements aiming to shame people in not siding with one side or the other. From my reading of it over t... |