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- Is the “no true Scotsman” fallacy actually a fallacy?
The No true Scotsman pattern is not "X is Y, but X is no true Y", but "If X is A then X is no true Y", where A is contrived to suit the speaker's purposes In other words, Y is redefined into "true Y" by making A the litmus test for it
- the ‘No True Scotsman’ fallacy is awful and I’m tired of . . . - Reddit
That's not what that means No True Scotsman is an appeal to purity that's made after a refuting of a generalization The name itself comes from this example: Person A: "No Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge " Person B: "But my uncle Angus is a Scotsman and he puts sugar on his porridge " Person A: "But no true Scotsman puts sugar on his
- fallacies - Does the no true Scotsman fallacy apply to anti Stalinist . . .
"No True Scotsman" is one of those categories of fallacies that is rather subjective If Person A says that X is not Y because it lacks Z, and Person B says that this is a No True Scotsman fallacy, then it comes down to whether Z is a valid requirement for Y
- CMV: The No true Scotsman fallacy is not a fallacy
It isn’t, “No true Scotsman was born, raised, and currently lives in Japan,” - even though ignorant people often treat that as fallacious What the No True Scotsman Fallacy actually is is, “No true Scotsman calls a kilt a skirt,” or “Doesn’t know how to play golf,” or, “prefers the accordion to the bagpipes ”
- logic - Is Martin Scorsese guilty of no true scotsman? - Philosophy . . .
Properly used, the 'No True Scotsman' rhetoric is an effort to define what a category ought and ought not include Thus a phrase like 'No true Scotsman would wear a porkpie hat", is more of an encouragement to Scots not to wear such outlandish headgear than an assertion that Scotsmen never do such a thing If it's used in the latter sense, we
- CMV: The No True Scotsman fallacy is more pervasive in . . . - Reddit
No truly immortal person would die, because the definition of immortality precludes dying No true Scotsman was born in America to Lithuanian parents and has never visited Scotland The reason the "no true scotsman" fallacy is a fallacy is because the only thing required to be 'truly' Scottish is to be from Scotland
- Why is No True Scotsman considered a logical fallacy?
A generalization is made: No true Scotsman plays American Football A counterexample is given: But Angus is a Scotsman, and he plays American Football Then the fallacy: Then Angus isn't a true Scotsman Basically the person saying "No true Scotsman " is redefining what a "Scotsman" is so they can refute the counterexample
- Why the No True Scotsman logical fallacy cannot be applied to . . .
The No True Scotsman fallacy is portrayed as an argument that separates a person from their religious beliefs because they aren't following them properly And here is exactly where you fail your argument The "No True Scotsman" fallacy is not about ethnicity at all It is a fallacy of false unreasoned assumption
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