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The study of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
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genetic fallacy
Philosophy; General philosophy
A fallacy committed by arguments that conclude something solely based on the origin of something else. For example, it would be fallacious to argue that someone will be a ...
loaded question
Philosophy; General philosophy
A fallacy committed when a question implies a question-begging presumption. For example, consider the following question—“Why do liberals want to destroy families?” This question ...
no true Scotsman
Philosophy; General philosophy
A fallacy committed when someone stacks the deck by defining terms in a convenient way in order to win an argument. It's often used to try to win an argument by definition. For ...
loaded words
Philosophy; General philosophy
A fallacy committed when words are used to imply a question-begging presumption or evoke an emotional response. For example, the words 'weed' or 'job-creator' are often used as ...
continuum fallacy
Philosophy; General philosophy
A fallacy that is committed by an argument that appeals to the vagueness of a term to unreasonably conclude something (perhaps based on the fact that we can't draw the line). For ...
existential fallacy
Philosophy; General philosophy
A fallacy that is committed by an argument that concludes that something exists based on the fact that something is true of every member of a set. For example, “All unicorns are ...
weak analogy
Philosophy; General philosophy
A fallacy that's committed when a fallacious argument concludes that something is true based on an analogy. For example, swords and smoking can both kill people, but we can't use ...
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