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Fallacy of Opposition |
Fallacy of OppositionThe Fallacy of Opposition occurs when it is asserted that anyone who disagrees is not credible—the fact that they disagree is proof of that fact. Examples of the Fallacy of Opposition
This is the essence of the fallacy of opposition. "You disagree with me. Therefore, you know nothing." Fallacy Abuse
The thing that exposes EvoWiki's misunderstanding of this fallacy is that William Dembski didn’t say they were wrong because they oppose ID. He pointed out their reasoning is not rational but based on self-serving biases. That is quite different from the straw man that EvoWiki decided to print. There is no fallacy of opposition involved in pointing out that someone else is using a fallacy. EvoWiki, in this case, is committing fallacy abuse. The problem is that the people who go to a site like EvoWiki and read a definition of a fallacy that is written like this may get the erroneous impression that they are reading something that is supposed to be rational. While they can't understand it, they think that they are supposed to, so they shoehorn it into their worldview and end up losing the ability to know the difference between reality and make-believe. Author/Compiler Last updated: Sep, 2014 ![]() Bread Crumbs Main Foundations Home Meaning Bible Dictionary History Toons & Vids Quotations Similar
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