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My personal favourite is the logical-fallacy-fallacy. This is where someone names a logical fallacy that doesn't quite apply, but is close enough to fool people
by dfgdghdf 6y ago
My personal favourite is the logical-fallacy-fallacy. This is where someone names a logical fallacy that doesn't quite apply, but is close enough to fool people into making it look like they have won debate.
An example might be: "Listening to the scientists is just an appeal to authority"
- tpoacher 6y agoThat's not what that fallacy refers to. What it refers to is the fact that an argument being fallacious is no guarantee that the conclusion doesn't hold in reality. (What you're describing is probably closer to motte and bailey, straw man, and appeal to definition.)