the use of this fallacy is explicit, when people call out the use of some logical fallacy and claim that it necessarily invalidates the conclusion of the argument that it’s in (e.g. “you used a fallaciousappeal to emotion, so what you’re saying is wrong”). However, the...
The appeal to authority (also known as the argument from authority, authority fallacy, appeal to expertise, appeal to expert opinion, and argumentum ad verecundiam) is a logical fallacy that occurs when a claim is assumed to be true because it was made by a perceived authority figure. In ...
adjectiveContaining or based on a fallacy. adjectiveTending to mislead; deceptive. from The Century Dictionary. Pertaining to, of the nature of, or embodying fallacy; deceptively erroneous or misleading. Of a deceptive quality; having a misleading appearance. ...
And then there can be an appeal to the past, such as: “Old Fashioned Baked Beans”. Not Invented Here: Arguing that ideas from elsewhere are unwelcome. “This Is The Way We’ve Always Done It.” This fallacy is a variant of the Argument From Age. It gets a psychological boost from...
Under this reading there is a fallacy. Comment: Unless the p-value tester has explicitly introduced a prior, this would be a most ungenerous interpretation of what is meant. Given that significance testing is part of a methodology that is ...