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Logical Fallacies
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RE: Logical Fallacies
A thing is a fallacy only if it is untrue... a logical fallacy is a thing that is logically untrue... every one of them also a non-sequitur.

So to list all of the fallacies possible would be to endlessly list many things that have not a semblance of sanity... observe this one:

Bananas are yellow... therefore the moon is made of cheese.

If a statement asserts one point... and a conclusion is drawn from it that does not relate to that point: it is a logical fallacy. However... this says nothing of the truth of the matter. It may indeed be that because bananas are yellow... the moon is not only made of cheese... but green and inhabited by the VPP. We "may" not be fully appreciating the color of yellow... or perhaps be misattributing the banana's relationship to cheese... but we have no reason to suppose that we are, therefore: such a statement is to us a fallacy.
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Logical Fallacies - by littlegrimlin1 - May 24, 2010 at 1:24 pm
RE: Logical Fallacies - by Paul the Human - May 24, 2010 at 1:41 pm
RE: Logical Fallacies - by littlegrimlin1 - May 24, 2010 at 1:45 pm
RE: Logical Fallacies - by Shinylight - May 24, 2010 at 1:59 pm
RE: Logical Fallacies - by littlegrimlin1 - May 24, 2010 at 2:00 pm
RE: Logical Fallacies - by tackattack - May 25, 2010 at 3:14 am
RE: Logical Fallacies - by Violet - May 25, 2010 at 3:30 am
RE: Logical Fallacies - by fr0d0 - May 25, 2010 at 6:24 pm
RE: Logical Fallacies - by Violet - May 27, 2010 at 1:41 am
RE: Logical Fallacies - by Eilonnwy - May 25, 2010 at 8:46 am
RE: Logical Fallacies - by Minimalist - May 25, 2010 at 12:00 pm
RE: Logical Fallacies - by Rev. Rye - May 25, 2010 at 3:55 pm
RE: Logical Fallacies - by Welsh cake - May 25, 2010 at 3:05 pm
RE: Logical Fallacies - by Joe Bloe - May 27, 2010 at 12:26 am
RE: Logical Fallacies - by Minimalist - May 27, 2010 at 1:15 am

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