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 Thu, Nov 14 2024, 3:01 pm
A while ago I started a threat about this topic. I feel that we could use a refresher, so I'm reposting some things from there.
- Ad Hominem - attacks the person instead of using logic to disprove a point.
Example: Voters for Party A are idiots.
Rather than explaining why voting for Party A is wrong, you attack the voter. You didn't bring and logical point.
- credentials fallacy - questioning the expertise/ authority of the person bringing up the point, instead of disproving the point.
Example: You are not a Rabbi, you can't give your opinion on this matter.
- Straw Man: Distorts and exaggerates the original point to an extreme position, then attacks that extreme point, when the original poster never said that.
Example:
OP: I wouldn't buy my daughter a designer coat.
reply: So you deprive your children, do you know what long term affects that can have?
- fallacy of the single cause (also has other names) where a result is assumed to have a simple, single cause, when in reality there might be other causes.
Feel free to add your own.
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