This is why the false dilemma fallacy is sometimes called the “either/or fallacy.” It presents a scenario with multiple options and outcomes as a binary situation, often presenting one option as the only “good” choice. Amonglogical fallacies, the false dilemma fallacy is an informal fallacy...
Learn about the false dilemma fallacy. Understand what the false dilemma fallacy is, examine the black and white fallacy, and see examples of false...
Learn about the false analogy fallacy, also known as the weak analogy fallacy, and why it is problematic as an argument or as a comparison. See...
weak analogy,wrongful comparison,metaphoras argument, andanalogical fallacy. The term comes from the Latin wordfallacia, meaning "deception, deceit, trick, or artifice"
The False Dilemma fallacy occurs when an argument offers a false range of choices and requires that you pick one of them. The range is false because there may be other, unstated choices which would only serve to undermine the original argument. If you co
The fallacy of false dichotomy occurs when \\ A. someone excludes relevant alternatives without justification. B. some of the premises in an argument are false. C. someone argues that we must accept his or her view because there are no alternatives. D ...
This is a classic fallacy of conspiracy theorist thinking. Conspiracy theorists live in a shuttered universe, intentionally separated from any sources of information that would challenge their belief system. In this closed universe, no one could or would disagree with their conspiracy conclusions ...
By Christopher Monckton Die Welt reports that The Regional Court of Appeal in Karlsruhe has ruled against a fact-faking “fact-check” on Facebook. Last September Tichys Einblick (Tichy’s Insight), a centre-Right magazine in Germany, had published an op
Is this a false dichotomy? Bias: Bias is defined as a prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair (dictionary.com). Answer and Explanation: Become a Study.com me...
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...