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Offline CapSponge

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FALLACY #5
« Reply #15 on: Aug 12, 2007, 05:20:05 PM »
Tick on the board for Zeno.

Adams' identification:  "Ignoring Everything Science Knows About the Brain"


EXAMPLE #5

Some Elbonians are animal rights activists.  Some Elbonians wear fur coats.  Therefore, Elbonians are hypocrites.
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Re: FALLACY #5
« Reply #16 on: Aug 12, 2007, 05:40:24 PM »
Quote from: "CapSponge"

EXAMPLE #5

Some Elbonians are animal rights activists.  Some Elbonians wear fur coats.  Therefore, Elbonians are hypocrites.


Affirming a disjunct?
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Re: FALLACY #5
« Reply #17 on: Aug 12, 2007, 05:51:03 PM »
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EXAMPLE #5

Some Elbonians are animal rights activists.  Some Elbonians wear fur coats.  Therefore, Elbonians are hypocrites.

Is that the fallacy of the undistributed middle?
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CONTEST - Correctly name that fallacy
« Reply #18 on: Aug 12, 2007, 06:27:32 PM »
It's got something to do with distribution anyway.
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FALLACY #6
« Reply #19 on: Aug 12, 2007, 09:38:10 PM »
I'd say this one goes to the rabbit.  It isn't a disjunct, but a failure to account for the entire population.

Adams' identification:  "The Few Are the Same As the Whole"


EXAMPLE #6

I'm a liar.  Therefore, I don't believe what you're saying.
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Re: FALLACY #6
« Reply #20 on: Aug 12, 2007, 09:47:27 PM »
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I'd say this one goes to the rabbit.  It isn't a disjunct, but a failure to account for the entire population.

Adams' identification:  "The Few Are the Same As the Whole"


EXAMPLE #6

I'm a liar.  Therefore, I don't believe what you're saying.


A false premise.  You are assuming that the rest of the population has your specific characteristics, one of which is lying.
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Your documented evasiveness and dishonesty leads me to no other conclusion: You're a dangerous quack. How's that for a retraction?

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CONTEST - Correctly name that fallacy
« Reply #21 on: Aug 13, 2007, 05:55:21 AM »
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Tu quoque Literally, you too. This is an attempt to justify wrong action because someone else also does it. "My evidence may be invalid, but so is yours."
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FALLACY #7
« Reply #22 on: Aug 13, 2007, 08:52:20 AM »
This one kind of threw me, too.  The reasoning is obviously incorrect, but I struggled to find a proper name for it.  In my opinion, bracabaoma and moneyman both got a piece of it, but moneyman was closest.

My opinion:  This is a case of affirming the consequent, based on the false premise that whatever applies to me applies to you as well (sort of a mi quoque).  Your characteristics are my characteristics.  I am a liar.  Therefore, you are a liar.

I keep the score, so money gets .75 points, brac gets .25.

Adams' identification:  "Generalizing from Self"


EXAMPLE #7

He's not a criminal.  He just does things that are against the law.
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Re: FALLACY #7
« Reply #23 on: Aug 13, 2007, 09:01:19 AM »
Quote from: "CapSponge"
This one kind of threw me, too.  The reasoning is obviously incorrect, but I struggled to find a proper name for it.  In my opinion, bracabaoma and moneyman both got a piece of it, but moneyman was closest.

My opinion:  This is a case of affirming the consequent, based on the false premise that whatever applies to me applies to you as well (sort of a mi quoque).  Your characteristics are my characteristics.  I am a liar.  Therefore, you are a liar.

I keep the score, so money gets .75 points, brac gets .25.

Adams' identification:  "Generalizing from Self"


EXAMPLE #7

He's not a criminal.  He just does things that are against the law.


Not understanding the English language.  

The statement is internally inconsistent, since the definition of criminal is doing things that are against the law.  I can't think of anything more specific than non-sequiter; maybe the Redefinition Fallacy?
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Your documented evasiveness and dishonesty leads me to no other conclusion: You're a dangerous quack. How's that for a retraction?

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CONTEST - Correctly name that fallacy
« Reply #24 on: Aug 13, 2007, 09:32:13 AM »
yeah I was going to say ... redefining words, but not all law breaking is criminal :S BUT that doesn't clear him from being a criminal!
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FALLACY #8
« Reply #25 on: Aug 13, 2007, 09:42:45 AM »
Money got it in one.  This is a "high redefinition" where criminal is construed to mean something more precise than simply someone who commits crimes; perhaps someone who commits only violent crimes, for example.

Adams' identification:  "Argument by Bizarre Definition"

Next one's my favorite...


EXAMPLE #8

I enjoy pasta because my house is made of bricks.
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Re: FALLACY #8
« Reply #26 on: Aug 13, 2007, 10:05:12 AM »
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Money got it in one.  This is a "high redefinition" where criminal is construed to mean something more precise than simply someone who commits crimes; perhaps someone who commits only violent crimes, for example.

Adams' identification:  "Argument by Bizarre Definition"

Next one's my favorite...


EXAMPLE #8

I enjoy pasta because my house is made of bricks.


NON-SEQUITUR.
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FALLACY #9
« Reply #27 on: Aug 13, 2007, 10:07:40 AM »
Clearly non-sequitur.  Score for fell.

Adams' identification:  "Total Logical Disconnect"


EXAMPLE #9

I don't invest in U.S. Treasury Bills.  There's too much risk.
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Re: FALLACY #9
« Reply #28 on: Aug 13, 2007, 10:12:39 AM »
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EXAMPLE #9

I don't invest in U.S. Treasury Bills.  There's too much risk.


Unsubstantiated premise
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CONTEST - Correctly name that fallacy
« Reply #29 on: Aug 13, 2007, 10:16:42 AM »
Interesting game -- I do think it's ironic, however, that Scott Adams has a book with a collection of logical fallacies, and yet practices "affirmations" (i.e., a variant on Oprah's "Secret").   :shock:
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