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3 days ago · Examples of the former include ad hominem and other genetic fallacies, appeals to emotion (fear, pity), the straw man, the red herring, and arguments that beg the question. Examples of the latter include appeals to authority, slippery slope, hasty generalizations, weak analogies, post hoc ergo propter hoc , and cum hoc ergo propter hoc .
19 hours ago · For example, Allen relies on the I Know Better How to Write Than They Did fallacy to argue (following J.C. Paget) that surely had a Christian interpolated the Testimonium they would have put it in with Josephus’s John the Baptist material instead of the Pontius Pilate material (p. 116; on this as a fallacy see my discussion in The Backwards ...
2 days ago · This is another logical fallacy: the hasty generalization fallacy. This fallacy suggests that because one thing is a certain way, everyone in the group is that way. It is similar to the No True Scotsman fallacy, except the opposite way. An example would go something like this: “I went to a restaurant last night, and the service was extremely ...
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3 days ago · Logic. Logic is the branch of philosophy that deals with the principles and methods of reasoning. Logicians study the structure of valid arguments, the nature of inference, and the rules of logical reasoning. They examine questions such as: What makes an argument valid or invalid? How can we distinguish between sound and unsound reasoning?
4 days ago · • As for formal logic, it is helpful to name particular invalid patterns of reasoning, since in this way common mistakes can be more easily detected. • The following is a list of 9 of the more common fallacies (or groups of fallacies), along with a 10th that is more controversial. Note: that this is not an exhaustive list.
4 days ago · Truth-tellers and liars problems (also called Knights and Knaves problems) are logic puzzles in which a set of statements is provided, but some of the statements are true and some of the statements are false. The goal of the puzzle is to determine which statements are true based on the information given. Blue Red Not enough information There are two men. One of them is wearing a red shirt, and ...
4 days ago · Logic plays a central role in many fields, such as philosophy, mathematics, computer science, and linguistics. Logic studies arguments, which consist of a set of premises together with a conclusion. An example is the argument from the premises "it's Sunday" and "if it's Sunday then I don't have to work" to the conclusion "I don't have to work".
