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Fallacy by Sherlock Holmes 'Eliminate the impossible, and what remains must be the truth'
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What is the difference between a statement and a proposition?
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Why is Aristotle's objection not considered a resolution to Zeno's paradox?
Awarded Mar 11 at 21:27
Is infinite regress of causation possible? Is infinite regress of causation necessary?
Awarded Mar 11 at 16:21
Does the lack of randomness imply the lack of free will?
Awarded Feb 7 at 2:03
What is Philosophy? [closed]
Awarded Nov 14 '20 at 15:17
How can one argue against income inequality while defending achievement and expertise inequality - beyond invoking Rawls' difference principle?
Awarded Aug 20 '20 at 17:05
Have professional philosophers contributed to other fields in the last 20 years?
Awarded Jul 4 '20 at 21:05
What are the philosophical implications of category theory?
Awarded Jun 5 '20 at 19:28
Can time exist without change?
Awarded Mar 23 '20 at 19:20
Why do I accept some inconsequential claims as “obviously true” without evidence? E.g. “Most people don't like to be hit on the head with a hammer.”
Awarded Feb 20 '20 at 18:50
Three statements that contradict each other
Awarded Feb 11 '20 at 9:50
Isn't the notion that everything will occur in an infinite timeline an example of the gambler's fallacy?
Awarded Feb 2 '20 at 18:55
Why do atheist euthanasia proponents consider nothingness preferable to suffering? [closed]
Awarded Jan 13 '20 at 21:25
What are the ethics of having children today?
Awarded Jan 13 '20 at 14:30
What is the moral difference between abortion and infanticide?
Awarded Dec 19 '19 at 2:45
I'm being drafted to the military but I have the option to refuse (legally), would it be immoral for me to serve? [closed]
Awarded Oct 21 '19 at 16:50
Was Robin Hood's point of view ethically sound?
Awarded Sep 10 '19 at 12:35
Since words are defined in terms of other words in dictionaries, leading to infinite loops, does it mean natural languages are meaningless?
Awarded Sep 8 '19 at 18:00
If I said I had $100 when asked, but I actually had $200, would I be lying by omission? [closed]
Awarded Aug 29 '19 at 6:30
Are we living in a simulation? The evidence
Awarded Aug 21 '19 at 8:05
How does mathematics work?
Awarded Jul 23 '19 at 12:50
Why doesn't philosophy have higher standards for its arguments?
Awarded Jul 16 '19 at 16:25
Is there a term for the belief that “if it's legal, it's moral”?
Awarded Jun 17 '19 at 23:35
Does hypocrisy invalidate an argument?
Awarded Apr 19 '19 at 11:15
Isn't the existence of Hell inherently evil, and isn't God therefore evil in allowing Hell to exist?
Awarded Apr 6 '19 at 14:45
Asserting that Atheism and Theism are both faith based positions
Awarded Mar 19 '19 at 7:55
What are/were the main criticisms of logical positivism?
Awarded Mar 7 '19 at 14:35
Is it a fallacy if someone claims they need an explanation for every word of your argument to the point where they don't understand common terms?
Awarded Mar 1 '19 at 14:25
Does human life have innate value over that of other animals?
Awarded Feb 15 '19 at 17:00
What are the major research programmes in contemporary logic?
Awarded Feb 8 '19 at 23:55
When is absence of evidence not evidence of absence?
Awarded Feb 8 '19 at 5:30
Is “I cannot imagine a mechanism for X to happen, so X can never happen” a named logical fallacy?
Awarded Dec 13 '18 at 12:55
What logical fallacy is “If you don't like it, move!”?
Awarded Nov 23 '18 at 5:35
Is it possible for something to have no cause?
Awarded Oct 20 '18 at 10:05
Is circular reasoning always a fallacy?
Awarded Sep 19 '18 at 22:15
Is the claim “this coin is fair” falsifiable?
Awarded Jul 26 '18 at 3:35
Where is the weakness in the ontological proof for God's existence?
Awarded Jul 22 '18 at 7:54
Being alive today: the most improbable coincidence?
Awarded Jun 22 '18 at 14:17
What is the difference between Fact and Truth?
Awarded Jun 7 '18 at 23:18
Is the “legacy” of Marx & Engels unwarranted?
Awarded May 9 '18 at 14:09
Why is a lion not evil?
Awarded May 2 '18 at 9:06
What are the ethical problems with flipping a coin to decide in the trolley problem?
Awarded Apr 26 '18 at 13:14
Fundamental idea on proving God's existence with science
Awarded Apr 22 '18 at 20:55
How can one not believe in god as the root cause of the universe?
Awarded Apr 15 '18 at 19:04
Why do they say I am committing a fallacy when I am just insulting someone?
Awarded Apr 6 '18 at 19:52
Why are believers criticized so much for being anti-science when so many scientists are … believers?
Awarded Apr 3 '18 at 20:09
Why is faith seen as a sign of weakness, instead of an unexplored land/opportunity?
Awarded Apr 2 '18 at 10:47
Why do some people care so much about “empirical truth”?
Awarded Mar 31 '18 at 14:35
Is atheism just another form of dogma?
Awarded Mar 26 '18 at 7:47
Why is the complex number an integral part of physical reality?
Awarded Mar 19 '18 at 1:37
Is faith necessary for man to survive / why is existentialism valued if it is unsubstantiated?
Awarded Mar 13 '18 at 16:07
Why is scientism philosophically wrong?
Awarded Mar 1 '18 at 22:13
How come nihilism is so popular today?
Awarded Feb 15 '18 at 1:25
Do fundamental concepts in physics have any logical basis?
Awarded Feb 3 '18 at 7:46
What is the difference between free-will and randomness and or non-determinism?
Awarded Jan 26 '18 at 4:42
How is Gödel's incompleteness theorem interpreted in intuitionistic logic?
Awarded Dec 9 '17 at 11:33
Is there anything that is totally random?
Awarded Nov 11 '17 at 7:32
What are the philosophical implications of Gödel's First Incompleteness Theorem?
Awarded Oct 1 '17 at 18:17
What fallacy in Pascal's Wager allows replacing God with the devil?
Awarded Jul 20 '17 at 6:53
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