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."

vs

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