365 Days of Philosophy

365DaysOfPhilosophy 304 — Fallacies Revision


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Today’s fallacies for revision, with links to previous podcasts:
Tu quoque, cum hoc ergo propter hoc, anecdotal fallacy, no true Scotsman fallacy, red herring and post hoc ergo propter hoc.
You know, I go swimming in the sea every morning and I’ve never been attacked by a shark, so I don’t know what the problem is with sharks. 
Maybe I drink a lot of coffee but we should be concerned about the quality of water and what that’s doing for public health. 
Everyone who knows anything about soccer knows they should be on the side of the Joe team, as all the true soccer players are Joe’s soccer players
You say that the rainfall is a problem but we all know there’s plenty of problems beyond rainfall that you’re not dealing with, like the increase of floodplains. 
There were tax reforms and changes to the policies, and then a bomb hit the capital — that’s what tax reforms and changes leads to! 
Doctor’s waiting rooms are full of unwell people, so we can say that doctor’s waiting rooms make people unwell. 
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