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Which fallacy: "If white privilege exists, why did Elizabeth Warren pretend to be an Indian?"
Nov 5, 2019
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What are the ethical problems with flipping a coin to decide in the trolley problem?
Apr 25, 2018
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What fallacy in Pascal's Wager allows replacing God with the devil?
Jul 18, 2017
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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."
Feb 19, 2020
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What do you call the fallacy of thinking that some action A will guarantee some outcome B, when in reality B depends on multiple other conditions?
Sep 29, 2019
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Why is Aristotle's objection not considered a resolution to Zeno's paradox?
Aug 11, 2015
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Does every truth have to be provable based on evidence?
Nov 10, 2019
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What fallacy dismisses problems by presenting "bigger" problems?
Jun 24, 2015
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Is it a fallacy to say that a sane person cannot apply rational thought to the motivations of the insane?
Dec 1, 2015
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What did Kant say on the invention of new terms?
Feb 11, 2019
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