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TheBlueDragonfly

wrongly accused of cherry picking

In an online discussion I confronted myself with someone that has very different ideas from me. She accused me of Cherry Picking, but as I later demostrated, there is a whole corpe of scientific evidence and international bodies that support my thesis. 

I then discovered from chat Gtp that a false accusation of cherry picking is also called "reverse cherry picking fallacy" or "value judgement fallacy".

I'd like to know more about false accusations of logical fallacies especially within the debates with a focus on reverse cherry picking fallacy. 

Thanks

asked on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 09:44:37 AM by TheBlueDragonfly

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Bo Bennett, PhD
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There is no false accusation fallacy. Every (informal) fallacy is an argument itself. If someone has accused you of a fallacy, and you disagree, then make your case as to why it is not a fallacy. I never heard of "reverse cherry picking," but I guess you can add "reverse" in front of most fallacies and call it a new fallacy.

Tip: When defending oneself against an accusation of a fallacy, it is best to define the fallacy first so your opponent knows that you know what you are being accused of, then explain why it is not that fallacy.

answered on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 11:24:10 AM by Bo Bennett, PhD

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TrappedPrior (RotE) writes:

BTW Doc, no biggie, but you said there's no fallacy here only to select 'logical fallacy' as an answer.

posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 01:45:45 PM
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TheBlueDragonfly writes:
[To TrappedPrior (RotE)]

If you are challenging him I thi k he's gonna win ahah

[ login to reply ] posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 03:01:31 PM
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Bo Bennett, PhD writes:
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I should point out that I upvoted his comment as a way of saying thanks, and changed the category as suggested :)

[ login to reply ] posted on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 03:03:37 PM
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TheBlueDragonfly writes:

Thanks for the answer.

It's not the first time Chat GTP makes up things from nowhere

posted on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 03:52:34 AM
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TrappedPrior (RotE)
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A false accusation is just a factually incorrect claim of wrongdoing. There's no fallacy by default.

If accusations are used in the context of a wider argument to distract from some weakness in the speaker's case - especially if the accusations are baseless - they could fall under some fallacy category. To be broad, these would all be considered relevance fallacies.

One example could be ad hominem (tu quoque) where someone accuses you of hypocrisy, and uses your supposed hypocrisy to suggest your conclusion is false. This cannot be the case - the truth of the conclusion is independent of the person making that conclusion - and is a fallacious tactic, more so when the accusation is baseless or even false.

answered on Tuesday, May 16, 2023 01:49:54 PM by TrappedPrior (RotE)

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Dr. Richard writes:

Indeed, guilt by accusation.

posted on Wednesday, May 17, 2023 11:41:41 AM