RE: Appeal to hypocrisy
December 11, 2012 at 5:05 pm
(This post was last modified: December 11, 2012 at 5:07 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(December 10, 2012 at 4:28 pm)John V Wrote: If B is not making a claim regarding the bolded part because he believes it's unprovable opinion, then no appeal to hypocrisy fallacy has been committed.
The appeal to hypocrisy is when B -in our example- answers A's claim with "you too". So yes, in both examples the fallacy "has been committed". It doesn't matter whether or not B holds a position that he feels is "unprovable". It's all bout how B responds to A.
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