Critical Thinking #13: Denying the Antecedent

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[gersubdenis]

Mainly clicked the video to find out how to pronounce antecedent

[elfudge]

David, it would be helpful if you not only gave examples, but showed a real world situation where arguments were used

[Stormorbiter]

Keep in mind that an invalid argument does not mean that it’s a bad argument it can be a perfectly fine inductive argument. Given the new information that A is false makes it more likely that B is also false, even if not necessarily so

[FilterExel]

Interestingly enough, your bi-conditional example: I'm alive only if I'm breathing isn't sound. If you can breathe, you're alive, but if you're alive, you aren't necessarily breathing. You could be choking, for example. Of course, you aren't going to be alive for much longer unless you can restore your breathing. Distilling the logic from language isn't always easy.

[philliplopez]

My applause and appreciation to David and the crew . It would seem that what most American believe to be their " knowledge " is in actuality nothing more than prejudice formed before the age of fifteen . It is important that you " believe nothing that you read and only half of what you see " that is the definition of " critical thinking "

[michaelwilliamsou]

What is the strategy people use that I haven’t walked in their shoes or I’m not their race/color so I wouldn’t know? In conversations I see this used a ton. Thank you

[rparl]

Your egg-sample reminded me of the guy who said, "I'd like all of your eggs." IIRC it was the guy from Parks And Recreation.

[sleepingdeadman]

I wonder if people falling for this fallacy are confusing the converse with the contrapositive. They think (A -> B) -> (B -> A) is true, but it's (A -> B) -> (~B -> ~A) that is true... I wish there could be a poll or something.

[RetroBackslash]

So if you believe what Fox says you are a gullible fool, but if you are a gullible fool you might not necessarily believe what Fox says?

[lim]

There is too less of this series! Could you keep up with this logic fallacies series?

Explaining the abstract and symbolic logic is hard. I saw a lot of video explaining this and yours is the least confusing one!

By the way, if you could add key words like "logical fallacies" "formal fallacies" in video titles or hashtags, the seo result would be much better.

Thank you. Looking forward to seeing more on logical fallacies.

[Hairysteed]

if(eggs = true){
breakfast;
}
// this is where "else" would go //

[aeris...]

Listen if the earth is round then why are my shoes flat and not round

[andrewvandenberg]

I wonder how this fallacy would relate to the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy?

[aeris...]

If the earth is flat then we should all be able to fall off the planet and into space

[masterman]

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