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Friday, April 10, 2015

Logical Fallacy of the Day!

Editor's Note:  I couldn't have planned this any better in light of Alan Caruba's article,which follows.  The warmists have not only failed to bear the Burden of Proof, they lie. 

(shifting the) Burden of proof (see – onus probandi) – I need not prove my claim, you must prove it is false.

Holder of the burden

When debating any issue, there is an implicit burden of proof on the person asserting a claim. An argument from ignorance occurs when either a proposition is assumed to be true because it has not yet been proved false or a proposition is assumed to be false because it has not yet been proved true.[1][2] This has the effect of shifting the burden of proof to the person criticizing the proposition, but is not valid reasoning.[3]

While certain kinds of arguments, such as logical syllogisms, require mathematical or strictly logical proofs, the standard for evidence to meet the burden of proof is usually determined by context and community standards.[4][5]….There’s More…..


· Formal Fallacies -A formal fallacy is an error in logic that can be seen in the argument's form.[1]All formal fallacies are specific types of non sequiturs.

· Informal fallacies– arguments that are fallacious for reasons other than structural (formal) flaws and usually require examination of the argument's content.[12]

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Argumentum ad hominem

 

 

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