Fallacy?

How can “science” tell you where to draw the line between bad behavior and sickness? If a therapist is to remain neutral in values, then why should one state of mind be considered preferable to another? If guilt is sometimes a misguided ...

Is this a logical fallacy? If this is a logical fallacy, what kind of logical fallacy is this?

"In the past, there was no country called Japan. Mochi was created when Japan was not yet called Japan as it is today. Therefore, Mochi is not a Japanese dish."

is an appeal to authority inherently a fallacy?

What is the fallacy of thinking that things are separate when infact they all add up into one single entity, what is this folly in thought called?

Every Little Helps Nasrudin loaded his ass with wood for the fire, and instead  of sitting in its saddle, sat astride one of the logs. ‘Why don’t you sit in the saddle?’ someone asked. ‘What! and add my weight to what ...

Which fallacy/fallacies is Thomas Jefferson using in Hamilton the musical?

Thomas Jefferson: "If New York's in debt / Why should Virginia bear it? Uh! Our debts are paid, I'm afraid / Don't tax the South, 'cause we got it made in the shade / In Virginia, we plant seeds in the ground / We create. You just wanna move our mon...

a way to prove a fact that it Contains exceptions , is this flawed ? and how ?

"a way to prove a fact that it Contains exceptions"  Since : Every Truth Leads To Questions or More unknown Truths Therfore : knowledge Required to lead to Absolute Truths is infinite  Therfore : a pure truth that has absolutely no exce...

Is this an example of RED HERRING?

The Smuggler Time and again Nasrudin passed from Persia to Greece on donkey-back. Each time he had two panniers of straw, and trudged back without them. Every time the guard searched him for contraband. They never found any. ‘What are you ...

What kind of bias or logical fallacy is at play here? Where the answer is right in front of you but you can't detect it - right under your nose.

The Smuggler Time and again Nasrudin passed from Persia to Greece on donkey-back. Each time he had two panniers of straw, and trudged back without them. Every time the guard searched him for contraband. They never found any. ‘What are you c...

This is not confusing correlation with causation or Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc (After this, therefore because of this) What is the bias/fallacy in action here?

  See What I Mean? Nasrudin was throwing handfuls of crumbs around his house. ‘What are you doing?’ someone asked him. ‘Keeping the tigers away.’ ‘But there are no tigers in these parts.’ ‘That&rsquo...

"If I cannot do it then nobody would be able to do it" Bias

How Nasrudin Spoke Up Nasrudin said:‘One day a marvellous horse was brought before the prince at whose Court I sat. Nobody could ride it, because it was far too mettlesome a steed. Suddenly, in the heat of my pride and chivalry I cried out: ...