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The ID Fallacy

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RAZD
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09-01-2005 4:56 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by wnope
08-31-2005 7:58 PM

... make that fallacies ... ?
Welcome to the fray.
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There are several logical fallacies involved:
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(1) False Dilemma
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(2) Argument from ignorance
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(3) Appeal to popularity
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(4) Appeal to authority
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(5) Hasty generalization
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(6) Unrepresentative sample
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(7) False analogy
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(8) Begging the question
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(9) Strawman
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(10) Affirming the consequent
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(11) Untestability
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(12) Failure to elucidate
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... and others. These are just the easy ones, where examples come to mind as you read them.
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Welcome to the fray.
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Enjoy.
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we are limited in our ability to understand
by our ability to understand
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RebelAAmerican.Zen[Deist
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09-03-2005 10:11 AM 		Reply to: Message 6 by wnope
09-02-2005 10:41 PM

Re: General Public
that's why I linked each fallacy to a site that describes them.
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... now if we have to spoon-feed from there .... :rollyeyes:
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we are limited in our ability to understand
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09-03-2005 8:15 PM 		Reply to: Message 10 by Annafan
09-03-2005 1:46 PM

Re: General Public
it doesn't matter that he's (was?) constantly recycling rebutted arguments, simply because he has the charisma and knows how to draw the audience in.
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hmmm
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like the last election.
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