This week I will look at the fallacy of denying the antecedent. Before I can elaborate exactly what is involved in this fallacy, it is important to introduce and analyse some valid arguments that are superficially similar. Modus Ponens One of the very first valid inferences one learns in logic is modus ponens. To use […]
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Fallacy Friday Podcast on Apologetics 315: Petitio Principii (Begging the Question)
April 28th, 2011 Comments Off on Fallacy Friday Podcast on Apologetics 315: Petitio Principii (Begging the Question)
Apologetics 315 are producing an audio version of Matt’s Fallacy Friday series. The Fallacy Friday Podcasts are released every Friday on Apologetics 315. You can subscribe using: • RSS Feed • iTunes • One-Click The Mp3 of Petitio Principii (Begging the Question) is here. To navigate the series in print, use the Fallacy Friday tag, to navigate MP3 […]
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Fallacy Friday Podcast on Apologetics 315: False Cause & Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
April 22nd, 2011 Comments Off on Fallacy Friday Podcast on Apologetics 315: False Cause & Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc
Apologetics 315 are producing an audio version of Matt’s Fallacy Friday series. The Fallacy Friday Podcasts are released every Friday on Apologetics 315. You can subscribe using: • RSS Feed • iTunes • One-Click The Mp3 of False Cause & Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc is here. To navigate the series in print, use the Fallacy Friday tag, […]
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Friday Fallacy: Equivocation
April 16th, 2011 14 Comments
In my post on Assessing Arguments I noted that a valid argument is one where it is impossible for the premises to be true and the conclusion false. I gave the following example: Premise: All men are under 10 feet tall; Premise: John is a man; Conclusion: John is under 10 feet tall. This argument […]
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Fallacy Friday Podcast on Apologetics 315: Division and Composition
April 13th, 2011 Comments Off on Fallacy Friday Podcast on Apologetics 315: Division and Composition
Apologetics 315 are producing an audio version of Matt’s Fallacy Friday series. The Fallacy Friday Podcasts are released every Friday on Apologetics 315. You can subscribe using: • RSS Feed • iTunes • One-Click The Mp3 of Division and Composition is here. To navigate the series in print, use the Fallacy Friday tag, to navigate MP3 series use […]
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Fallacy Friday Podcast on Apologetics 315: Tu Quoque (But you did it too!)
April 5th, 2011 Comments Off on Fallacy Friday Podcast on Apologetics 315: Tu Quoque (But you did it too!)
Apologetics 315 are producing an audio version of Matt’s Fallacy Friday series. The Fallacy Friday Podcasts are released every Friday on Apologetics 315. You can subscribe using: • RSS Feed • iTunes • One-Click The Mp3 of Tu Quoque is here. To navigate the series in print, use the Fallacy Friday tag, to navigate MP3 series use the […]
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A common objection to belief in the God of the Bible is that a good, kind, and loving deity would never command the wholesale slaughter of nations. In the tradition of his popular Is God a Moral Monster?, Paul Copan teams up with Matthew Flannagan to tackle some of the most confusing and uncomfortable passages of Scripture. Together they help the Christian and nonbeliever alike understand the biblical, theological, philosophical, and ethical implications of Old Testament warfare passages.
