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10 Commandments Of Rational Debate by cyrexx: 1:29pm On Aug 07, 2013 |
1. Thou shall not attack a person's character but the argument itself. ("Ad hominem") . 2. Thou shall not misrepresent or exaggerate a person's argument In order to make it easier to attack. ("Straw Man Fallacy) 3. Thou shall not use small numbers to represent the whole. 4. Thou shall not argue thy position by assuming one of its premises is true. ("Begging the Question") 5. Thou shall not claim that because something occurred before something it must be the cause. 6. Thou shall not reduce the argument down to two possibilities. (Fake dichotomy) 7. Thou shall not that because of our ignorance that the claim must be true. 8. Thou shall not lay the burden of proof onto him who is questioning the claim. ("Burden of Proof reversal") 9. Thou shall not claim this follows that when when "it" has no logical connection. ("non sequitor") 10. Thou shall not claim that because a premises is popular, therefore, it must be true. ("Bandwagon Fallacy") 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Commandments Of Rational Debate by Nobody: 3:53pm On Aug 07, 2013 |
cyrexx: 1. Thou shall not attack aOkay. I think logicboy should see this 1 Like |
Re: 10 Commandments Of Rational Debate by Nobody: 4:29pm On Aug 07, 2013 |
Reyginus: Okay. I think logicboy should see this I was the first to see this thread. Dont worry, i will populate it with some of your fallacious arguments |
Re: 10 Commandments Of Rational Debate by lagerwhenindoubt(m): 4:46pm On Aug 07, 2013 |
@cyrexx permit me to edit an entry 3. Thou shall not use small |
Re: 10 Commandments Of Rational Debate by Nobody: 5:25pm On Aug 07, 2013 |
Logicboy03:Waiting for the strawman fallacy, rule number two. |
Re: 10 Commandments Of Rational Debate by MrTroll(m): 10:09pm On Aug 07, 2013 |
Rule 11: thou shalt not assume that because B happens after A then A is the cause (post hoc fallacy). This applies to Prayer. Anony is the master of rule 8 1 Like |
Re: 10 Commandments Of Rational Debate by AlfaSeltzer(m): 8:06am On Aug 08, 2013 |
Those rules are logical. Logic does not apply to the religious. Logic is to them what evil is to us: an anathema. 2 Likes |
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