false equivalence or false equivalency is an informal fallacy in which an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed, faulty, or false...
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chattel slavery on Africans and their descendants, have used this false equivalence to deny racism against African Americans or claim that African Americans...
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Holocaust denial (section False equivalence and effect)
genocide denial because of similar tactics of misrepresenting evidence, false equivalence, claiming that atrocities were invented by war propaganda and that...
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linguistic misconception Evasion (ethics): Tell the truth while deceiving False equivalence: Fallacy based on flawed reasoning If-by-whiskey: An example Map-territory...
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criticised for promoting a false equivalence between misandry and misogyny,: 132 as part of an antifeminist backlash. The false idea that misandry is commonplace...
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given as the only possible options when, in reality, there are more. False equivalence – describing two or more statements as virtually equal when they are...
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would also lead to nothing). Eye for an eye Double negation False dilemma False equivalence Lesser of two evils principle Punishment Retributive justice...
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modern instance of this technique. Accusation in a mirror Clean hands False equivalence In pari delicto List of fallacies List of Latin phrases Matthew 7:5...
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Fringe theory (section False balance)
unaccepted theories are difficult to construct. Issues of false balance or false equivalence can occur when fringe theories are presented as being equal...
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support for Wakefield's hypothesis. Argument to moderation Centrism False equivalence FCC fairness doctrine Golden mean Horseshoe theory Journalistic objectivity...
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A false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy or false binary, is an informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are...
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Argument from analogy (redirect from False analogy)
person incorrectly perceives an analogy as an assertion of complete equivalence between two subjects, overlooking the nuanced, limited, or abstract similarities...
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Dogpiling (Internet) Ergo decedo Fair game (Scientology) Fake news False equivalence Fundamental attribution error Gaslighting Godwin's law Hostile witness...
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False precision (also called overprecision, fake precision, misplaced precision, excess precision, and spurious precision) occurs when numerical data...
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Godwin's law (redirect from Hitler equivalence)
Equivocation Equivocation False equivalence False attribution Quoting out of context Loki's Wager No true Scotsman Reification Map–territory relation...
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Argument to moderation (redirect from False compromise)
Argument to moderation (Latin: argumentum ad temperantiam)—also known as the false compromise, argument from middle ground, fallacy of gray, middle ground...
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about "Jenny McCarthy's Vaccination Fear-Mongering and the Cult of False Equivalence": "One of the most prominent promoters of this falsehood [that vaccines...
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well on them. Many liberal social media users claim the term is a false equivalence. McHugh, Calder (2024-07-17). "The Plot to Destroy Biden, According...
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for material equivalence, so proper interpretation would depend on the context. Logical equivalence is different from material equivalence, although the...
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simply the opposite of 'verifies'; and it therefore means 'shows to be false'.) Allowing that this is indeed such a counter example, he ought to withdraw;...
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Fallacy (section Post hoc (false cause))
also called false dichotomy Selectively using facts (card stacking) Making false or misleading comparisons (false equivalence or false analogy) Generalizing...
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False attribution may refer to: Misattribution in general, when a quotation or work is accidentally, traditionally, or based on bad information attributed...
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and inferring that, since it contains a fallacy, its conclusion must be false. It is also called argument to logic (argumentum ad logicam), the fallacy...
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assassination Clean hands Discrediting tactic Fallacy of relative privation False equivalence Genetic fallacy Physician, heal thyself Poisoning the well Precedent...
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Causality Clustering illusion Confirmation bias Conspiracy theory False equivalence Ideas and delusions of reference Ideomotor phenomenon Magical thinking...
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means "dubbing". Areal feature Convergent evolution Equivalence Etymological fallacy False etymology False friend Linguistic interference (language transfer)...
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Minister of Commerce in India. This may be true, but the analogy itself is false. In the United Kingdom, both departments are subject to the same legislative...
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Equivocation Equivocation False equivalence False attribution Quoting out of context Loki's Wager No true Scotsman Reification Map–territory relation...
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invalid. The argument itself could have true premises, but still have a false conclusion. Thus, a formal fallacy is a fallacy in which deduction goes...
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by bailing out Pakistan through $2.4 billion IMF loan, portraying false equivalence between India (target of terror) and Pakistan (perpetrator of terror)...
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