To better understand the fallacy fallacy, consider the following argument: This argument is fallacious, since it has a flaw in its logical structure. Specifically, its conclusion can’t … 展开

A basic example of the fallacy fallacy is someone who assumes that because someone else’s argument contained a logical fallacy, such as an appeal to nature, then the conclusi… 展开

The first step to countering the fallacy fallacy is to recognize that it’s being used. Often, the use of this fallacy is explicit, when people call out the use of some logical fallacy an… 展开

The key to avoiding using the fallacy fallacy yourself is to never assume that an argument’s conclusion is necessarily false just because the argument contains a logical fallacy. F… 展开