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Putting Toothpaste Back into the Tube
[DISCLAIMER] Sometimes, I speak in generalities—statements or principles having general rather than specific validity. For instance, I...
Deric Hollings
Mar 21, 20245 min read
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Equivocation
[DISCLAIMER] Suppose I stated, “Sure philosophy helps you argue better, but do we really need to encourage people to argue? There’s...
Deric Hollings
Oct 24, 20233 min read
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Unfalsifiability
[DISCLAIMER] Photo credit, fair use Take a moment to look at the above-indicated picture of Italian painter Sandro Botticelli’s The Birth...
Deric Hollings
Oct 22, 20234 min read
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False Dilemma
[DISCLAIMER] On September 20, 2001, following the terror attacks of 9/11, George W. Bush addressed to a joint session of Congress and the...
Deric Hollings
Oct 21, 20235 min read
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Appeal to Authority
[DISCLAIMER] Celestial authority As a child, I learned of Mount Olympus, which according to one source relates to, “Ancient Greek...
Deric Hollings
Oct 21, 20237 min read
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Appeal to Hypocrisy
[DISCLAIMER] Recently, I posted an entry entitled Ad Hominem that related to argumentum ad hominem (also known as a personal attack,...
Deric Hollings
Oct 17, 20235 min read
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Straw Man
[DISCLAIMER] Imagine the following fictional conversation between two people: Person 1: Given how quickly things escalated when Hamas...
Deric Hollings
Oct 16, 20234 min read
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Non Sequitur
[DISCLAIMER] One of the logical fallacies I used to frequently violate was that of the non sequitur fallacy. Per one source, “A non...
Deric Hollings
Oct 16, 20233 min read
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Red Herring
[DISCLAIMER] In a recent interview, President Joe Biden was asked about the position of the United States in regards to the 2023...
Deric Hollings
Oct 16, 20233 min read
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Name-Calling
[DISCLAIMER] Though easy to confuse with the logical fallacy of ad hominem attacks on a person’s level of knowledge or ability,...
Deric Hollings
Oct 15, 20233 min read
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Ad Hominem
[DISCLAIMER] One form of argumentation that is often mistaken for the logical fallacy of name-calling, or labeling, is argumentum ad...
Deric Hollings
Oct 15, 20234 min read
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Appeal to Emotion
[DISCLAIMER] **Graphic descriptions of death contained herein Logical fallacy Logical fallacies are common errors in reasoning that will...
Deric Hollings
Oct 14, 20237 min read
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False Equivalence
[DISCLAIMER] Lately, I’ve noticed use of a logical fallacy by politicians, members of the Mockingbird media, and others who spread...
Deric Hollings
Oct 13, 20234 min read
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