Questions tagged [informal-logic]
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What logical fallacy is an accusation of "ad hominem" attacks?
An "ad hominem" attack is a fallacious tactic of deflection and shifting the focus of the argument. Equally so is an accusation of "ad hominem" attacks, where the accuser perceives ...
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Is this belief about other people's beliefs paradoxical?
Is the following a paradox?
I believe that there are some people who believe in falsities.
Is what I believe true?
(if what I believe is false, then it must be true)
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What fallacy is the belief that we are special because our existence on Earth seems improbable an example of?
People often use the argument that there must be a God, for example, because Earth and the laws of physics are perfectly situated for humans to exist the way we do.
However, if Earth, or even the ...
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Is 'guns don't kill people, people kill people' a good argument?
I'm hearing the argument X doesn't do Y, people do Y in quite a few guises. For instance, in its original form:
Guns don't kill people; people kill people.
Presumably, therefore, guns are OK.
Cars ...
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