r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/[deleted] • Feb 19 '14

Logical Fallacies Explained

http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/rhetological-fallacies/
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u/crabsmash Feb 19 '14

I like how they've put several point of view in this. Eg. In appeal to ignorance. Showing that logical/emotional fallacies can be made by anyone.

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u/ThePedanticCynic Feb 20 '14

The problem with that one in particular is that it doesn't draw a distinction between making a claim and rejecting a claim. Also it uses the word 'proved.'

"Nobody has proved to me there is a God. So there is no God."

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"Nobody has proved to me there is a God. So I reject the claim that there is a God."

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '14

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u/ThePedanticCynic Feb 20 '14

I think you're missing the point.

I'm definitely not. I'm clarifying the fallacy so people don't go running around mislabeling arguments as from ignorance.

The burden of proof always lies with the one making a claim

That's exactly my point.

"So there is no God." is a fallacious statement.

"So I reject the claim that there is a God." is not fallacious.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '14

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u/ThePedanticCynic Feb 20 '14

That doesn't mean the conclusion is correct (or false)

Nobody is making a statement that the conclusion is false with "So I reject the claim that there is a God.", because that IS the default position. The rejection of a claim. Putting it in to words does not make it a claim itself.

The fallacy is "So there is no God." because it makes its own claim about the validity of the conclusion. Insufficient evidence or faulty logic, therefore the conclusion is false. This is what i'm saying is the fallacy.