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My understanding of the No True Scotsman fallacy involves changing a definition during an argument in order to hold on to some assertion. This is not the same
by burtonlang 13y ago
My understanding of the No True Scotsman fallacy involves changing a definition during an argument in order to hold on to some assertion.
This is not the same thing as a person feeling that a particular word should have a particular meaning.
- coldtea 13y agoThe problem is the person seen as "changing a definition" could very well have had the second definition in his mind all along.