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  • 91Perfect solution fallacy — The perfect solution fallacy is a logical fallacy that occurs when an argument assumes that a perfect solution exists and/or that a solution should be rejected because some part of the problem would still exist after it was implemented.Presumably …

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  • 92Historian's fallacy — The historian s fallacy is a logical fallacy that occurs when one assumes that decision makers of the past viewed events from the same perspective and having the same information as those subsequently analyzing the decision. It is not to be… …

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  • 93Style over substance fallacy — Style over substance is a logical fallacy which occurs when one emphasises the way in which the argument is presented, while marginalising (or outright ignoring) the content of the argument. In some cases, the fallacy is employed as a form of ad… …

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  • 94Informal fallacy — An informal fallacy is an argument whose stated premises fail to support their proposed conclusion. [Kelley, D. (1994) The Art of Reasoning . W W Norton amp; Company, Inc. ISBN 0 393 96466 3] The deviation in an informal fallacy often stems from… …

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  • 95Luddite fallacy — The Luddite fallacy is a concept in development economics related to the belief that labour saving technologies (i.e., technologies that increase output per worker) increase unemployment by reducing demand for labour. The concept is named after… …

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  • 96"Human genetic diversity: Lewontin's fallacy" (scientific paper) — Infobox Multi Locus Allele Clusters   In a haploid population, when a single locus is considered (blue), with two alleles, + and …

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  • 97pathetic fallacy — noun the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; the friendly sun is an example of the pathetic fallacy • Hypernyms: ↑fallacy, ↑false belief * * * paˌthetic ˈfallacy f6 [pathetic fallacy] noun …

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  • 98''Same Team'' Fallacy — Same Team Fallacy: A case where an arguer knows the main criticisms of their argument, and then asserts that the counter argument should have the same criticisms (based on a genetic fallacy of its arguer). It is often characterized by the fallacy …

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  • 99Package-deal fallacy — The logical fallacy of the package deal consists of assuming that things often grouped together by tradition or culture must always be grouped that way.It is particularly common in political arguments: My opponent is a conservative who voted… …

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  • 100Animistic fallacy — The animistic fallacy is the logical fallacy of arguing that an event or situation is evidence that someone consciously acted to cause it. The name of the fallacy comes from the animistic belief that changes in the natural world are the work of… …

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