Begging the Question (literal translation from latin petitio principii) is a logical fallacy where the premise on which the conclusion is based, is already assumed to be true. This allows one to make an argument without sufficient evidence. The term begging the question is first credited to Aristotle as one of the thirteen fallacies listed in De Sophisticis Elenchis, the first work to address the subject of deductive reasoning.
Fallacy of Composition, composition fallacy, faulty induction or exception fallacy - is a type of argument when one claims that if something is true for the part then that is true for the whole or the group too.
This fallacy is related to the fallacy of hasty generalization, in which an unwarranted inference is made from a statement about a sample to a statement about the population from which it is drawn. The Fallacy of Composition is the converse of the Fallacy of Division.
23 October 2020 - 29 October 2020
We’ve selected for you the most engaging news (tweets) from Australian news agencies.
How did we understand them being the most engaging? That’s simple. Those that have comments with logical fallacies of a particular kind. For example, if a comment contains Ad Hominem, we consider this tweet a bit triggering, or if it contains False Dilemma, then it’s probably Food for Thought. You see the idea.
Name-calling is a fallacy of an Ad Hominem type of Red Herring logical fallacies. The synonym is mudslinging or character assassination. It’s a lowest possible type of argument where instead of addressing the issue in question, the opponent character or identity is abused without intent to discuss anything, instead of undermining his arguments.
He can’t be right! He is such a brainwashed simpleton!
We’ve selected for you the most engaging news (tweets) from Australian news media for the week 16 October 2020 - 23 October 2020
We understand them being the most engaging by checking the comments. Those that have comments with logical fallacies of a particular kind. For example, if a comment contains Personal attacks (Argumentum Ad Personam), or Emotional Appeal to Anger we consider this tweet a triggering piece of news, or if it contains False Dichotomy Fallacy, then it’s probably a Food for Thoughts. There are other logical fallacies included into each group, see the group details below.