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Deliberate use of fallacy
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RE: Deliberate use of fallacy
(March 7, 2015 at 8:59 pm)bennyboy Wrote:
(March 7, 2015 at 8:48 pm)Esquilax Wrote: You need to tailor your argument to the context you're in. If you're aware of the fallacy and are well stocked with non-fallacious arguments in favor of the same conclusion, but won't get through to whoever you're talking to without the fallacy, I'd feel safe in using it. Just make sure you're on solid non-fallacious ground too, before you dig yourself in too deep.
If your fallacies are revealed by a more worthy opponent, wouldn't this lead to a counter-fallacy -- that the fallacies you've used should invalidate the point you were supporting with them?

Which is the point that you can bust out all those non-fallacious arguments I talked about before. Wink
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Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 7, 2015 at 8:34 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Dystopia - March 7, 2015 at 8:41 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Ignorant - March 8, 2015 at 6:46 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Grandizer - March 8, 2015 at 6:56 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Pizza - March 7, 2015 at 8:44 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Esquilax - March 7, 2015 at 8:48 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 7, 2015 at 8:59 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Esquilax - March 7, 2015 at 9:01 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Dystopia - March 7, 2015 at 9:00 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Outtahere - March 7, 2015 at 9:02 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Thumpalumpacus - March 7, 2015 at 9:19 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Outtahere - March 7, 2015 at 9:24 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Thumpalumpacus - March 8, 2015 at 12:01 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Outtahere - March 8, 2015 at 4:57 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by CapnAwesome - March 7, 2015 at 10:52 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 7, 2015 at 11:49 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by CapnAwesome - March 8, 2015 at 11:54 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 8, 2015 at 9:50 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by robvalue - March 8, 2015 at 5:35 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Outtahere - March 8, 2015 at 5:49 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by robvalue - March 8, 2015 at 5:53 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by abaris - March 8, 2015 at 7:03 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Outtahere - March 8, 2015 at 7:32 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by abaris - March 8, 2015 at 7:36 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Thumpalumpacus - March 8, 2015 at 10:56 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 8, 2015 at 9:52 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Pizza - March 9, 2015 at 12:14 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 9, 2015 at 12:24 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Pizza - March 9, 2015 at 9:09 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Mudhammam - March 10, 2015 at 8:08 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Mudhammam - March 9, 2015 at 7:31 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by robvalue - March 9, 2015 at 7:39 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by bennyboy - March 9, 2015 at 6:37 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by robvalue - March 10, 2015 at 6:01 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Pizza - March 10, 2015 at 3:21 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by emjay - April 7, 2015 at 11:11 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by The Grand Nudger - April 7, 2015 at 11:14 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by emjay - April 7, 2015 at 11:25 am
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Polaris - April 9, 2015 at 7:08 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Iroscato - April 9, 2015 at 7:15 pm
RE: Deliberate use of fallacy - by Polaris - April 9, 2015 at 7:24 pm

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