Fallacies of Ambiguity
"'Billy, I don't want to see you eating any of those cookies until dinner time.' So Billy hides while he eats the cookies" is an example of a fallacy.
What is an Accent Fallacy?
"The scientific position is evolution. Creation is just religious nonsense" is an example of a fallacy.
What is a Question-begging Epithet?
"Creationists don't believe in the scientific method. They say you should just look to the Bible for all your answers" is an example of a fallacy.
What is a Strawman Fallacy?
This term's definition is "The study of the principles of correct reasoning."
What is the Definition of Logic?
"Every part of the universe has a cause. Therefore, the universe has a cause" is an example of a fallacy.
What is a Composition Fallacy?
"Well, do you believe the universe is governed by natural laws, or do you believe it is upheld by the hand of God?" is an example of a fallacy.
What is a Bifurcation Fallacy?
"Look, pirating movies from the Internet can't be wrong. Everyone does it" is an example of a fallacy.
What is a Naturalistic Fallacy?
This term's definition is "A fallacious definition, not found in any dictionary, that is intended to persuade someone."
What is a Persuasive Definition?
"The brain is the seat of human consciousness and is comprised of millions of synapses. Therefore, each synapse must be a little bit conscious" is an example of a fallacy.
What is a Division Fallacy?
"Nothing is true just because someone says it is. Therefore, we shouldn't just accept everything God has said" is an example of a fallacy.
What is a Sweeping Generalization Fallacy?
"Of course all life evolved from a common ancestor. How could all those scientists be wrong?" is an example of a fallacy.
What is a Faulty Appeal to Authority?
This Law of Logic states that "A thing is itself" or "If A then A."
What is the Law of Identity?
"Evolution tells us much about the way the world works" is an example of a fallacy when used as an argument.
What is a Reification Fallacy?
"You can't just assume that the Bible is true; you must have proof of something before you believe it" is an example of a fallacy.
What is a Special Pleading Fallacy?
"You simply believe in God as an intellectual crutch. You cannot stand the thought of being alone in the universe, so you invent an imaginary friend" is an example of a fallacy.
What is an Ad hominem Fallacy?
"All mammals are warm-blooded. All black dogs are mammals. Therefore, all black dogs are warm-blooded" is an example of a type of logical argument.
What is a syllogism?
"We don't deny the Bible, but it's your interpretation we believe to be wrong. We must always compare our interpretation of the Bible with our interpretation of nature to make sure they match" is an example of a fallacy.
What is an Equivocation Fallacy?
"We have confidence in the methods of science and induction because they have served us so well in the past" is an example of a fallacy.
What is Begging the Question?
"The Bible was written thousands of years ago by people who knew nothing about modern science. So why should we trust any of its claims?" is an example of a fallacy.
What is a Genetic Fallacy?
"Of course Darwinian evolution is true. The majority of scientists believe it" is an example of a type of argument (not referencing the fallacy).
What is an enthymeme?