Note: the appeal to false authority is sometimes referred to using similar names, such as the argument from false authority, the argument from questionable authority, the appeal to non-authority, and the false authority fallacy. How to deal with false authority The main way to respond to the ...
False dilemmas result from our tendency for black-and-white thinking and are often used rhetorically to illegitimately strengthen one’s position. Today, we’re going to cover the basics of this fallacious form of reasoning, present some false dichotomy fallacy examples, and talk about how to re...
It’s a false cause fallacy to imply that a slight change in initial conditions is the one and only cause of the outcome of a complex event. After all, the exact initial conditions of the processes cannot be completely known, and we must admit that a slight difference of the butterfly’...
As long as there are more options than A and B, then the conclusion that B must be true cannot follow from the premise that A is false. This makes an error similar to that found in the fallacy of Illicit Observation. One of the examples of that fallacy was: 2. No rocks are alive,...
FALLACIOUS REASONING FactsExamples StatisticsExpert Testimony False Cause and Effect: Assuming that one event caused another, simply because one happened first. Either/Or: The assumption that a problem or situation has only one possible cause or resolution, where they may be several. ...
In philosophy, we reject all appeals to authority when determining the truth or falsify of a claim. \\ A. true B. false Approach-avoidance conflict is the least stressful type of conflict. (a) True (b) False. Most, if not all, ethical issues are obvious regarding the right and...
There is a great website that complements this one that I recommend, The Church of Truth: https://thechurchoftruth.wordpress.com/ This effort began on October 1, 2014. If there is something I have overlooked that you think should be on the list, please submit it and I will consider ad...
there is urgent need of a true world political authority.” The rest of the quote and the context is in this link. The pope wasn’t defending the creating of a super state, but the re-management of the UN and other groups like the FMI to help the redistribution of wealth and lessen ...
the "appeal to authority"-fallacy argument is often made (more often by "skeptics") to discredit authoritative voices when it should actually be called "appeal to expertise", which IMHO is not the same. In Europe, especially Germany, where I am from, expertise is usually at least somewhat...
In all cases, but particularly where meanings are manipulated without due authority, inexplicitly, or in order to further a particular theoretical conception, however, there is a strong chance that the engineer will be led to commit one of the fallacies of language to which philosophy is ...