Watch out for logical fallacies in your arguments.

RaxL · 2014-09-11T05:27:37+00:00

Source: https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/

This is more readable. I would say you should delete your submission and submit that.

jhaun · 2014-09-11T13:55:42+00:00

This is basically an instruction manual for how to be a lobbyist.

Kittenclysm · 2014-09-11T21:53:59+00:00

One important thing to remember is that you should only know these to avoid using them yourself. It's obnoxious to point them out when your "opponent" uses them. Sure, you may be right, but it makes your argument feel forced and makes you look like a 15-year-old who just joined the high school debate team.

To clarify, feel free to point out the fallacy itself, but don't do it by saying "That's an appeal to emotion! Fallacy detected!" Nobody cares what it's called, just make your point.

kickinwayne45 · 2014-09-12T06:34:19+00:00

don't forget the fallacy fallacy

Ransom_Stoddard · 2014-09-11T13:17:46+00:00

Good stuff. Thanks for posting it.

Grainier · 2014-09-11T13:58:08+00:00

Realz before feelz

HannasAnarion · 2014-09-12T01:39:33+00:00

I find this amusing, because Aristotle's Politics and Ethics are chocked full of the Middle Ground fallacy. His conclusions are still probably true, but his reasoning is unsound.

intensely_human · 2014-09-11T16:37:39+00:00

Is "loaded question" actually a logical fallacy?

FOR_PRUSSIA · 2014-09-11T15:09:53+00:00

I'd like to ad "Using an argument which can be applied to nearly anything else."
Example: Even if guns are made illegal, criminals will still find a way to acquire them.
The reason this doesn't work is because one could easily use such logic to legalize everything. (Crack, drunk driving, murder) If you're only justification is that people will do it anyway, it's a shit argument.
Edit: I was simply using this as an example. My point was that such argument was a weak one, that's it.

kantbot · 2014-09-11T13:42:09+00:00

All the fallacy stuff is bullshit. For example, I wouldn't say that ad hominem was a logical fallacy so much as it was a valid rhetorical technique. I would say ditch this stupid chart and actually read Aristotle: http://www.amazon.com/Aristotle-Prior-Analytics/dp/0872200647/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410442774&sr=8-1&keywords=aristotle+prior+analytics

Title	Watch out for logical fallacies in your arguments.
Author	Dixieduffy
Upvotes	227
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Date	September 11, 2014 4:43 AM UTC (11 years ago)
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