"I'll show you my fallacy if you show me yours" - argumentative fallacies

[Graham Barnett]

Even though I rarely remember to use these terms when arguing or making a case, I find them very interesting...

ps the attachment is from https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ 

FallaciesPoster24x36.pdf

[Gord Barentsen]

Great post Graham...too bad I couldn't get to it until now.

I'm going to rename this and make it a "post your favourite fallacy" kinda thing. This kind of thing is valuable whether you're a nerdy academic like me or not!

[stimmung79]

the Ad Hominem fallacy is pretty easy to understand (the personal attack) but I didn't know there were different kinds of ad hominem:

I particularly appreciate what is called "tone policing": which focuses on the emotion behind the expression and not the argument itself.  

if i had a nickel for every time i've seen this in action i'd lose my shit because i'd be so rich, but then people would tone-police me and wouldn't believe how rich i was. 

[Gord Barentsen]

On 2/13/2017 at 11:34 AM, stimmung79 said:

"tone policing": which focuses on the emotion behind the expression and not the argument itself.

Yeah, this makes me go off a bit.  It's very common for people to dismiss an argument just because it's passionate, as if the emotion necessarily and always compromises the rationale behind the argument.

[stimmung79]

https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/the-fallacy-fallacy

this reminds me of your "tone policiing"..as you say, just because someone argues poorly or argues with passion doesn't mean the argument is invalid.

[NotWithoutMyOntic]

On 8/14/2017 at 9:51 PM, stimmung79 said:

this reminds me of your "tone policiing"..as you say, just because someone argues poorly or argues with passion doesn't mean the argument is invalid.

It doesn't, but it really can get in the way sometimes!

[Gord Barentsen]

I wonder if there's such a thing as a "You're Wrong Because You're Too Boring To Be Right" argument? 

[Graham Barnett]

On 9/9/2017 at 7:19 PM, Gord Barentsen said:

I wonder if there's such a thing as a "You're Wrong Because You're Too Boring To Be Right" argument? 

I always thought it was the "put your opponents to sleep so no one disagrees with you" argument - i've had many a lecturer who uses that

[stimmung79]

Here is perhaps the greatest argumentative fallacy of all time:

[Graham Barnett]

I wonder if there's anything like the "Fake News Fallacy" by now, given the age of Trump?  Or maybe the "fundamentalist crackpot" fallacy?

[NotWithoutMyOntic]

On 12/8/2017 at 9:25 PM, Graham Barnett said:

the "Fake News Fallacy"

I call this the "I make shit up because I can" fallacy.

[traumaturgist]

Is it just me, or have other people been using argumentative fallacies more and more over the past year?