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Ad Hoc Hypothesis
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RE: Ad Hoc Hypothesis
The slippery slope is sometimes true. A sometimes does lead to B. It's a logical fallacy when you ASSUME that A will inevitably lead to B without any evidence to support that assumption.

Correlation sometimes does mean causation. It's a logical fallacy when you ASSUME that correlation means causation without evidence to support that assumption.

There are ad hocs that are appropriate. See carbon dating. It works under all circumstances except for specified ones. It's a logical fallacy when apologists utilize it to keep their mythology intact despite all the contrary evidence.
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Ad Hoc Hypothesis - by DeistPaladin - October 19, 2010 at 1:16 pm
RE: Ad Hoc Hypothesis - by downbeatplumb - October 19, 2010 at 1:22 pm
RE: Ad Hoc Hypothesis - by DeistPaladin - October 19, 2010 at 1:46 pm
RE: Ad Hoc Hypothesis - by downbeatplumb - October 19, 2010 at 2:04 pm
RE: Ad Hoc Hypothesis - by theophilus - October 20, 2010 at 1:26 pm
RE: Ad Hoc Hypothesis - by little_monkey - October 19, 2010 at 2:44 pm
RE: Ad Hoc Hypothesis - by Anomalocaris - October 19, 2010 at 3:08 pm
RE: Ad Hoc Hypothesis - by DeistPaladin - October 19, 2010 at 5:11 pm
RE: Ad Hoc Hypothesis - by theVOID - October 19, 2010 at 5:47 pm
RE: Ad Hoc Hypothesis - by Anomalocaris - October 20, 2010 at 2:01 pm

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