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What do you call this argument? - “If you’re going to boycott Israel, please remove the Intel chip that allows you to speak”
So I was reading about Stephen Hawking and his boycott of an academic function in Israel when I read a comment that went like this:
"If you’re going to boycott Israel, please remove the Intel chip ...
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Analyze this argument [duplicate]
Analyze the following argument:
God is All Powerful, omnipotent and omniscient.
If God can do anything, can He create something that even He can't affect (e.g. a stone so heavy that He can't lift ...
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What is this type of faulty reasoning called?
If one were to reason that most poor people worry about money and most UBER-wealthy people don't worry about money, and they want to be UBER-wealthy, than they should simply not worry about money...
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Is “Don't blame me; I voted for ___” a bad argument?
Is there a fallacy in the argument, "Don't blame me; I voted for ..."? Or is a voter's entire responsibility for their contribution to whatever current state of political affairs they experience ...
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On consistency as a univerally recognized value, and arguments using this principle
Consider this dialogue:
John: If I bet you a dollar this quarter would land heads, would you accept?
Jane: Yes.
John: If I bet you a dollar this nickel would land heads, would you ...
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On validity of Modus Ponens
I am having trouble understanding what defines Entailment operator. On Mathoverflow I posted this question on what I perceive to be paradox of entailment.
Consider:
Modus Ponens:
P therefore Q P
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What can and cannot be used as an argument? [closed]
What is accepted as an argument in logic or philosophy and what you cannot use as an argument? If possible, please provide also the basic meaning of argument or different types of argumentation in ...
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Why is infinite regress a problem for ontological explanations?
Suppose some ontological theory creates an infinite regress.
Take, for example, Platon's concept of ideas, and then there must be some connection between idea and its actualisation, and then this ...
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How to be a good critic?
How can we be a good critic when facing people's rigid beliefs? I'm interested in how to attack (logically) their dogmatic beliefs to have a "good" influence on their minds, because if we just attack ...
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an argument about a logic question
I've had an argument with someone and I would like to know for sure if I'm right.
I don't know if you have heard of the board game "Catan", it's not really important.
Well, long story short, at the ...
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How can I solve my contradictory thoughts about the relevance of human knowledge?
I have been thinking about how much we can know and more important: which knowledge should be relevant to us? First I will explain my thoughts to you. They will end in a questionable conclusion for ...
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Is there a category or grouping of logical strategies that focuses on “anti-fallacious” techniques?
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I am a newbie, but am interested in some perspective here.
I find it fascinating to examine and read about fallacies commonly used as techniques to gain an upper hand in debate. ...
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Validity of arguments with respect to formal logic
I'm taking a course at university about philosophical reasoning / argumentation. The professor came up with an example where formal logic was wrong:
1. If Dave is in London, then he is in England.
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What, if any, common fallacy would relate to an appeal to the importance or gravity of a situation?
Is there any common fallacy that might fit the following 'syllogism'?
X is important, or urgent
Therefore, X
Here's an example of a conversation where this could come up:
It's conceivable that ...
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Is the argument that a claim is “too strange to be made up” an appeal to logos or pathos?
When someone tries to persuade you of the truth of something they said and they use the argument that it is too strange to be made up (or any variations of this, such as "too complicated to be ...
