[lit-ideas] Mustard seed fallacies...
- From: Ursula Stange <Ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 13:58:25 -0400
I'm reminded of the mustard seed baubles of my youth.
/ (Matthew 17:20 NKJV) So Jesus said to them, ... for assuredly, I say
to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this
mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will
be impossible for you./
And if your faith didn't move mountains, then your faith wasn't good enough.
Ursula
Robert Paul wrote:
http://www.iep.utm.edu/f/fallacies.htm
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No True Scotsman
This error is a kind of ad hoc rescue of one's generalization in which
the reasoner re-characterizes the situation solely in order to escape
refutation of the generalization.
Example:
Smith: All Scotsmen are loyal and brave.
Jones: But McDougal over there is a Scotsman, and he was arrested
by his commanding officer for running from the enemy.
Smith: Well, if that's right, it just shows that McDougal wasn't a
TRUE Scotsman.
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This list of fallacies is a handy resource that should be on every
refrigerator door.
Robert Paul
Reed College
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