Show Notes The Glittering Generalities Fallacy occurs when someone uses vague, emotionally appealing phrases in place of reason. Trump We started out by discussing Trump's favorite slogan: And then we looked at this clip of Trump kind of talking about winning Finally, we talked about this clip of Trump complaining about bad people doing things: Mark's...
Show Notes The No True Scotsman Fallacy is committed when your existing definition of a particular group is challenged by a member who doesn't fit the criteria. Rather than adjust the definition, the offending group member is redefined as a non-member of the group. The name comes from an example given in...
Show Notes Ad Hominem is Latin for 'to the man' and describes an argument where the focus of the attack is not on the views a person holds but on the person themselves. It is an attempt to distract from the matter at hand by introducing irrelevant details aimed at discrediting...
Show Notes The False Dilemma fallacy is depressingly common, and quite easy to spot. It occurs when someone suggests or implies there are only two possible choices or outcomes, and if you don’t choose one then the other is inevitable. This is not a fallacy if there are in fact only two...