Sentences with phrase «only a logical fallacy»

Argument from authority is only a logical fallacy if the authorities cited lack relevant expertise.

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When asked to provide support for your religious calims you have failed to do so and can only seem to appeal to emotions and logical fallacies.

However, even apart from the tenuousness of this tradition as exposed by Whitehead's careful examination of it (only parts of which we have presented in the previous chapters), there are serious logical fallacies involved in its denial of the genuinely emergent character of life and mind.

In no way is that the only «logical» conclusion, and to assume so is actually a logical fallacy.

For not only was Aristotle highly sensitive to the perils of determining the real by means of the logical — this was, after all, his chief criticism of Plato's theory of the Forms 6 — but Whitehead himself tirelessly attacked the tendency to mistake logical relationships for the structure of the real, an ultimate case of what he called «the fallacy of misplaced concreteness».

This is a logical fallacy known as a false dilemma: those aren't the only two choices.

Definition of False Dilemma: A false dilemma (also called false dichotomy, the either - or fallacy, fallacy of false choice, black - and - white thinking, or the fallacy of exhaustive hypotheses) is a type of logical fallacy that involves a situation in which only two alternatives are considered, when in fact there is at least one additional option.

We need to invent a new word for people willing to believe the writings of unknown authors, of unknown origin, of an unknown but ancient time, which is badly worded, internally AND externally (with modern science) inconsistent, full of statements with no actual arguments to back them up, with the only decently educated people to back it all up are theologians who twist the meaning of words and commit logical fallacies and still only try to prove that SOMETHING must exist, not that christianity is the truth.

Oh, husky — you've fallen for a logical fallacy called Pascal's wager — assuming that there are only tow possible scenarios after someone dies.

These skills could only be strengthened by a solid understanding of logic and logical fallacies.

The only suggestion would be to cover common logical fallacies use examples of how they're used by denialists.

Until US policymakers move beyond the Cato - style climate logical fallacies, the EPA regulation of large GHG emitters via the endangerment finding is the only large - scale emissions reductions effort we have.

Further, disparage my alleged logical fallacies all you please, but your fallacious choice of Avoiding The Argument by trying to impress us with your erudition with differentials purposefully avoids addressing my point: Only 1,994 more cyclist over last year, despite all the bike lanes and hoopla.

The logical fallacy of «moving the goalpoast» is only given, if the one who is allegedly doing that had before defined a normative criterion about something, which then is changed, when it is fulfilled.

Not only would identifying myself not address the argument, but it would also allow the possibility of the «ad hominem» logical fallacy to creep in.