(January 26, 2017 at 12:01 am)Alasdair Ham Wrote: Well I guess the exception is with non-sequitur. If you have an if X then Y that makes no sense at all and does not follow like.... "If Jesus performed miracles then all atheists are evil" then that would be an example of a non-sequitur.Ah wow I can work with this, and work it I shall. Give me a couple days.
But when it comes to other fallacies the 'because' aspect provides the reasoning that is fallacious and the particular fallacious reason that is used corresponds with the fallacy that it is.
http://www.logicallyfallacious.com is a good source for examples.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
