RE: AF Hall of Shame (Post Edition)
March 25, 2013 at 8:52 pm
(This post was last modified: March 25, 2013 at 8:54 pm by jstrodel.)
(March 25, 2013 at 8:34 pm)Tonus Wrote:(March 25, 2013 at 8:25 pm)jstrodel Wrote: If someone thinks that all arguments from authority are fallacious, it is because they have never done any serious research, not because they are advancing a controversial issue.
If you had a quote from a person that shows that they think all arguments from authority are fallacious, you might have... something. As it is, it seems you're reaching. If the person in question agreed in a follow-up post that not all arguments from authority are fallacious, perhaps you missed it or simply decided to misrepresent what that person thinks. Some people might think that misrepresenting a written exchange is a bit dishonest.
Look at Joels signature. He thinks, along with several other people here, that all arguments from authority are fallacious.
(March 25, 2013 at 8:51 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(March 25, 2013 at 8:45 pm)jstrodel Wrote: You are so proud. Why can't you listen to others? You are so ideological biased.
You didn't demonstrate that. Cthulhu did you see the stuff I posted on there on "fallacy theory"? One of those was for you. The quote was for you. You seem to think that applying fallacy labels such as 'ad populum' is trivial. It isn't (see above), it is subject to the same standards as everything else.