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Claiming someone's actions don't line up with their words is not a no-true-Scotsman scenario. I think he's simply alleging that their revealed preferences do n
by simonsarris 8y ago
Claiming someone's actions don't line up with their words is not a no-true-Scotsman scenario.
I think he's simply alleging that their revealed preferences do not line up with their stated preferences.
- vowelless 8y agoI think what you describe is pretty much exactly the no true Scotsman fallacy. [Delete rest of comment, not relevant]
- vertex-four 8y agoIt is not fallacious to have defined criteria for membership of a group - the fallacy is to create new criteria on a whim in response to criticism.
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- dnautics 8y ago> Claiming someone's actions don't line up with their words is not a no-true-Scotsman scenario. No, but claiming someone isn't truly in a category to defend the category from the hypocrisy of the individual is, because it ignores the possibility that the category lends itself to hypocrisy.