When you reason from an either-or position and you haven’t considered all relevant possibilities you commit the fallacy of false dilemma. Examples: America:
Love it or leave it. Death is nothing to fear
.
What is the fallacy of false dilemma?
A false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy, is an
informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are available
. The source of the fallacy lies not in an invalid form of inference but in a false premise.
What is the example of false dilemma?
False Dilemma Examples in Politics
Vote for me or live through four more years of higher taxes
. America: Love it or leave it. Donate to my campaign if you care about the future. If you want our country to be safe, we must increase military spending.
Can you think of an example of a false dilemma in real life?
Someone is presented with a situation where only two options are considered when in reality, other options exist. Example: “
Either you’re married
, or you’re a bachelor.” Explanation: If someone is not married, it doesn’t mean that he or she is a bachelor. The person could be divorced, or a widower.
Which is an example of a black and white or false dilemma fallacy?
This fallacy is also known as “either-or fallacy”, “all-or-nothing fallacy” and “black and white fallacy”. For example, if someone
asserts that “you either love me, or you hate me”
, they would be committing the false dilemma since there are other possibilities for how people can feel for each other.
How do you identify a false dilemma?
Description:
When only two choices are presented yet more exist
, or a spectrum of possible choices exists between two extremes. False dilemmas are usually characterized by “either this or that” language, but can also be characterized by omissions of choices.
What is real and false dilemma?
False Dilemma is a
fallacy based on an “
either-or” type of argument. Two choices are presented, when more might exist, and the claim is made that one is false and one is true-or one is acceptable and the other is not. Often, there are other alternatives, or both choices might be false or true.
How do you fix false dilemma fallacy?
The best way to avoid the false dilemma fallacies is thus to be skeptical about “
either-or” situations
. If something is presented as either X or Y, with no other possibilities, think about what may have been left out from the situation. This isn’t to say that “either-or” arguments are always wrong!
What is begging the question fallacy?
The fallacy of begging the question occurs
when an argument’s premises assume the truth of the conclusion, instead of supporting it
. In other words, you assume without proof the stand/position, or a significant part of the stand, that is in question. Begging the question is also called arguing in a circle.
What is red herring fallacy?
This fallacy consists
in diverting attention from the real issue by focusing instead on an issue having only a surface relevance to the first
. Examples: Son: “Wow, Dad, it’s really hard to make a living on my salary.” Father: “Consider yourself lucky, son. Why, when I was your age, I only made $40 a week.”
What is a false choice called?
Sometimes called the
“either-or” fallacy
, a false dilemma is a logical fallacy that presents only two options or sides when there are many options or sides.
What is an example of false cause?
a type of
informal fallacy
or a persuasive technique in which a temporal sequence of events is assumed to be a causal sequence of events. Thus, because B follows A, A is considered the cause of B. For example, Because Smith became angry after being frustrated, Smith’s frustration caused Smith’s anger.
What is a true dilemma?
In a real dilemma,
the choice is between a wrong and another
, roughly equal wrong. The latter are situations in which the decision-maker has a moral duty to act in one way but is tempted or pressured to act in another way. In a false dilemma, the choice is actually between a right and a wrong.
What is a false question?
plurium interrogationum. (also known as: many questions fallacy, fallacy of presupposition, loaded question, trick question, false question) Description:
A question that has a presupposition built in, which implies something but protects the one asking the question from accusations of false claims
.
What is a black and white fallacy?
Black & White Thinking – the
fallacy of leaping from the falsity
(or undesirability) of one proposition to the truth (or desirability) of an extreme opposite – is identical in its basic logical structure to False Dichotomy.
What is the perfectionist fallacy?
In logic, the perfectionist fallacy may be represented by the
argument that if some solution to a problem doesn’t solve the problem perfectly, then that solution is unacceptable
. Any imperfect solution to a problem is unacceptable, even if a perfect solution may not be necessary or available.
