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LINK Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies

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Squirrel 7 May 4
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Thank you for sharing.

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I've been seeing this for years. It's not the only compendium of logical fallacies out there, and it brings a person to wonder as to the underlying concept at hand.

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Or, if you use fallacies, do so knowingly.

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Some of my work involves taxonomy so the one I run up against most often is the Appeal to Authority which in this field is kind of weird since you have to rebut the authority, as in the specialist, by quoting the higher authority, the peer reviewed journal article, which is actually what defines what a thing is called.

Kimba Level 7 May 4, 2018
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I love the fallacy-fallacy and for those who don’t know yes it is a real fallacy. Basically it is when someone says “your argument is fallacious; therefore, your conclusion”. Simply because a conclusion is supported by a faulty argument does not imply the conclusion itself is false: just that you need to find a better way to get to it. To avoid this fallacy you would say something like “your argument is fallacious; therefore, it leaves your claim unsupported”.

Side note alliteration is fun.

Edit: I changed “therefore you are wrong” to “therefore your conclusion is wrong” because technically you would be incorrect for commiting the fallacy, but the truth value of the conclusion would still be undetermined.

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