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False accusation fallacy (view source)
Revision as of 21:52, January 5, 2020
, 21:52, January 5, 2020Created a new article. The source for this article is https://www.conservapedia.com/Name-a-fallacy_fallacy
The '''false accusation fallacy''' is a variant of the name-a-fallacy fallacy, which is the fallacy in which, rather than engaging with person A's arguments in detail, person B responds with the mention of a logical fallacy, without any explanation of how the fallacy actually applies to the argument at hand. What sets the false accusation fallacy apart is that the opponent mentions a fallacy that wasn't committed, whereas the name-a-fallacy fallacy is still committed regardless of whether person A did or didn't commit the fallacy that person B accused him/her of. Atheists on [[YouTube commonly]] commit this fallacy.
==Example==
An example of the false accusation fallacy is this
Thomas: If atheism is true, than matter and energy should not exist, per the first two laws of thermodynamics. Matter and energy do exist, therefore atheism is false.
James: You just affirmed the consequent.
Here, James committed the false accusation fallacy because he accused Thomas of affirming the consequent, which is something that Thomas didn't do.
==Example==
An example of the false accusation fallacy is this
Thomas: If atheism is true, than matter and energy should not exist, per the first two laws of thermodynamics. Matter and energy do exist, therefore atheism is false.
James: You just affirmed the consequent.
Here, James committed the false accusation fallacy because he accused Thomas of affirming the consequent, which is something that Thomas didn't do.