![]() ![]() Either we give them everything they need or give them nothing at all.” Solution: Same as above “Fake dilemma” instead of “False Dichotomy"Ī fake dilemma forks away from the truth. Children are our future, so we must raise taxes to fund all children’s programs.Solution: Crush the misdirecwtion “Specific Misdirection” instead of “Straw Man”Ī specific misdirection is a misdirection that resolves into a specific idea. An example is: “Children are our future, so we must raise taxes for a better future.” Solution: Give a real-world example that refutes the fallacy “Misdirection” instead of “Red Herring”Ī misdirection uses the natural relation of two related ideas to misdirect the logic onto a fallacy. In order to simplify them, common English words can be used instead of jargon below. But sophistries are harder because of the long logic. An example is: “The economy will grow fastest if capital gains taxes are abolished.” Sophistries are now called “informal fallacies”įallacies are easy to detect because there is no long train of ideas to confuse the mind. These are called “formal fallacies”Ī sophistry is a train of ideas that leads to a fallacy. A false logic directly leads to an idea that does not exist or cannot persist (just as some subatomic particles exist only for a few nanoseconds). “Unicorns exist” is true if they are perceivable by all and false if not perceivable.Ī truthful logic leads to an idea that everyone can perceive or exist in reality. ![]() Truth vs FallaccyĪ truth is a direct relation and equivalence of a metaphysical idea to a physical reality or manifestation. I combined this with David Hume’s definitions to visualize them. Socrates was aware of such useless thinking and so he classified the output of all logic into either truth, falsehood, or sophistry. These fallacies were merely created by academics for the sake of creating something, just as mathematicians create paradoxes, and theoretical physicists create useless theories because thinking is part of their job. ![]() This can potentially waste a lot of time since there are a lot of fallacies. Such words then force the other side to do research on what those jargon mean. People sometimes use strange jargon like “red herring” or ‘Occam’s razor” when they try to disprove arguments that they don’t like. The Meaning of Red Herring, Ad hominem, and Other Fallacies ![]()
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