Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies
I will just leave this here and also put it into my sig.
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I will just leave this here and also put it into my sig.
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Everyone should know this..
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IDK how but no one in college or high school ever made me learn these. In one college English class we simply covered fallacies of ethos, pathos, and logos but not any deeper than that. Good share, will read all of these.
- good read!
Here is a more exhaustive list:
List of fallacies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It's a fascinating read if you're truly interested in refining your thinking and honing your presentations. It's overkill if you just plan to argue on the internet.
List of fallacies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It's a fascinating read if you're truly interested in refining your thinking and honing your presentations. It's overkill if you just plan to argue on the internet.
I know someone who read that once and became more illogical. Emp you just suck for posting it. I don't think it's real, you will have to get Jon to verify.
this is excellent link bait as well as being a genuinely positive educational resource.
Don't agree with chicken fucker coz he fucks chickens? EDUCATE YO'SELF BROTHA
Don't agree with chicken fucker coz he fucks chickens? EDUCATE YO'SELF BROTHA
The most annoying logical fallacy used by people who are knowledgeable about logical fallacies
The following is NOT inherently true:
1. There is a logical fallacy in an argument.
2. Therefore, it is false.
I've seen ad hominem attacks on this board regarding usage of ad hominem...
For example:
A: All cars have wheels. Everyone knows that and you're an idiot if you don't.
Which response advances the argument more?
B: LOL LOGICAL FALLACY
or
B: Here is a counterexample to the claim you make in your first sentence.
The former response demonstrates only that A's latter sentence does NOT prove the A's former, but does nothing to disprove it, while B's latter response directly responds to the claim itself.
Bugs me to see smart people win arguments by being better at arguing instead of being right while presumably fully cognizant that this is what they're doing.
The following is NOT inherently true:
1. There is a logical fallacy in an argument.
2. Therefore, it is false.
I've seen ad hominem attacks on this board regarding usage of ad hominem...
For example:
A: All cars have wheels. Everyone knows that and you're an idiot if you don't.
Which response advances the argument more?
B: LOL LOGICAL FALLACY
or
B: Here is a counterexample to the claim you make in your first sentence.
The former response demonstrates only that A's latter sentence does NOT prove the A's former, but does nothing to disprove it, while B's latter response directly responds to the claim itself.
Bugs me to see smart people win arguments by being better at arguing instead of being right while presumably fully cognizant that this is what they're doing.
Actually, that would be the fallacy fallacy.
Your logical fallacy is the fallacy fallacy
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PS: I agree with you, though. Knowing about fallacies does not make you right, but it can improve your logical thinking skills.
I never learned about them in school either, but I went to a pretty ghetto public school. I volunteer with high school kids in a very affluent community and they start learning about logical fallacies in like 10th grade.
