Logical Fallacies Name Calling

While some come in the form of loud glaring inconsistencies others can easily fly under the radar sneaking into everyday meetings and conversations undetected.

Logical fallacies name calling. This includes prominent members of both the democrats and the republicans as they are all guilty of using the logical fallacies discussed above as well as many others. Learn how to avoid fallacies when debating call them out when others use them and don t buy into them when used by politicians and pundits. However trump takes the cake. Finally the use of logical fallacies can make your readers feel that you do not consider them to be very intelligent.

Don t call them by name equal rights. If you click through and make a purchase i may get a commission from the sale. We hope this little primer on logical fallacies helps you to navigate future disputes with friends family and unhinged online acquaintances without descending into vitriol or childish name calling. A logical fallacy is a flaw in reasoning.

A variety of the ad hominem argument. There are several dangers to this. The dangerous fallacy that simply because of who one is or is alleged to be any and all arguments disagreements or objections against one s standpoint or actions are automatically racist sexist anti semitic bigoted discriminatory or hateful. This is a follow up piece to the previous audio blog on logical fallacies and the danger of accusing people of.

This website has been designed to help you identify and call out dodgy logic wherever it may raise its ugly incoherent head. Books about logical fallacies. Logical fallacies are like tricks or illusions of thought and they re often very sneakily used by politicians and the media to fool people. I ve argued already that the first danger is accusing somebody of a logical fallacy when they didn t actually commit one.

Logically fallacious buy on amazon the fallacy detective buy on amazon the art of the argument buy on amazon the above book links to amazon are affiliate links. Examples of name calling as a fallacy in politics association is often accomplished by name calling linking a person or idea to a negative symbol the persuader hopes that the receiver will reject the person or idea on the basis of the negative symbol rather than by examining the evidence for example those who oppose budget cuts may refer to fiscally conservative politicians as stingy. In my last post i talked about something i ve been noticing recently that people especially pro life nerds like me are tempted to talk about logical fallacies all the time in conversation. Or at least if it does descend into vitriol and childish name calling you ll be in a great position to rhetorically trounce your opponent with sound reasoning and airtight logic.

First logical fallacies are wrong and simply put dishonest if you use them knowingly. Logical fallacies those logical gaps that invalidate arguments aren t always easy to spot.