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Can you give an example of the doublespeak fallacy, I wasn’t clear on the example she gave..
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An equivocation fallacy happens when a word has ambiguous meaning and you use one meaning of the word in one part of your argument and another meaning in an other part, equivocating the two. Example:Can you give an example of the doublespeak fallacy, I wasn’t clear on the example she gave.
ThanksAn equivocation fallacy happens when a word have ambiguous meaning and you use one meaning of the word in one part of your argument and another meaning in an other part, equivocating the two. Example:
P1: Every American over the age of 18 has the right to vote in the presidential election.
P2: I live in Mexico.
P3: Mexico is on the American Continent.
C1: I'm an American.
C2; I have the right to vote in the presidential election.
The equivocation is between American (Citizen of the US) and American (lives on the American Continent).
That is the "She is hot" fallacy. It could be the #1 fallacy that people overlook when discussing fallacies. I am not sure, because there are no statistics on it..
She's hot. Probably a 9.
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An equivocation fallacy happens when a word has ambiguous meaning and you use one meaning of the word in one part of your argument and another meaning in an other part, equivocating the two. Example:
P1: Every American over the age of 18 has the right to vote in the presidential election.
P2: I live in Mexico.
P3: Mexico is on the American Continent.
C1: I'm an American.
C2; I have the right to vote in the presidential election.
The equivocation is between American (Citizen of the US) and American (lives on the American Continent).
Excellent examples. I had to think hard to come up with even that one. I guess you are a native speaker? While I can talk, write and think (and sometimes dream) in English, I have problems with tasks like finding words with ambiguous meaning and others that seemingly require a more intimate connection to the language.Banks are a good place to put your money.
Rivers have banks.
Therefore, rivers are a good place to put your money.
literally - this word seems to mean nothing now, as when we hear that she was literally bouncing off the walls.
enormity - formerly horibleness, now it seems to mean largeness, although apparently it meant that in the past as well
notoriety - formerly undesirable publicity or reputatition, it now seems to mean noteworthyness, the noun form of notable..
verbal - formerly using words, it now seems to mean oral: "We had a verbal contract" because it was a spoken agreement (written contracts are also verbal).
Wow.Excellent examples. I had to think hard to come up with even that one. I guess you are a native speaker? While I can talk, write and think (and sometimes dream) in English, I have problems with tasks like finding words with ambiguous meaning and others that seemingly require a more intimate connection to the language.