• DrownedRats@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    The fallacy fallacy

    Just because an argument contains a logical fallacy doesn’t mean the argument is necessarily incorrect.

    An example:

    Person A: This food is better for you because it’s all natural

    Person B: appeal to nature, therefore you’re wrong and it’s not better for you

    The food may well be much better for you but person B has assumed that the opposite is true because person A has used a logical fallacy and has themselves fallen into a logical fallacy.

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      9 months ago

      You mean conclusion. A correct conclusion can be arrived at via fallacy, and the argument is fallacious but the conclusion may or may not be correct.

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      9 months ago

      It’s still detrimental to the conclusion to use a fallacious/invalid argument, as it will not convince people of the conclusion, even if it happens to be correct for a separate reason - in which case you should say that reason, not the fallacious one.