Yes, the straw man fallacy shows up in so many places and with such regularity that I am both shocked and desensitized to its presence. It isn't easy to go any length of time without it showing up in one of its many forms. Happy digging!
Thank you for this! This is such a gift to have such clear descriptions of all these fallacies next to one another. I am struck by all the different ways that the straw man fallacy can and does manifest. It seems to me that many people unknowingly create a straw man around much of their interactions with the world.
Also, I am intrigued by the difference between the Hasty Generalization fallacy and the Exception fallacy. Looking forward to digging deeper on these.
Since I'm not much of a math person, I found the examples to be extremely helpful in understanding the fallacies better. Really helpful information here.
Carl, I am very happy to hear that the information is reaching you. My goal is for this information to help everyone that comes into contact with it. There will be some mathematics present, but that is for those that like that sort of thing. I will continue to do my best to make future essays as accessible as possible. Please feel free to inquire about things or contribute as you wish. I am very busy writing the essays and will respond ASAP. I am sure that others here will offer up their observations as well. The idea is for this to grow over time and be a space for people to engage in exciting discussions and connect to like minds. Thank you for your feedback; it is an encouragement to me.
So much here to consider. I keep coming back and reading these and getting something more from them each time. Very well written! I'm excited to learn more about the "when, where, how, and why we use these fallacies for protection."
Great material here...I really appreciate the relevance of the examples you provided. I can see and feel these fallacies operating, at least in my external environment at times, but often don't know how to articulate exactly what is happening. I think that's part of the mechanism in obfuscational inducement. Not having the knowledge or understanding of these things operating would create a sense of confusion when they are operating, and perhaps cognitive dissonance, and in order to resolve it, one might be motivated to adhere to the simplistic and/or fear-inducing reasoning that the perpetrator is putting forth, not seeing what they are sacrificing in the process.
Thank you, Perry. The straw man can be a mechanism of obfuscational inducement but whether it is being used that way is entirely up to the intentions, awareness, knowledge base, etc., of the one who is committing the fallacy. While the results could be the same (impact to the receiver), the mechanism of action can be intentional or accidental. The new installment will deal with this, in part.
I see. That's a very helpful distinction, thank you! That generates more thoughts for me as far as the "why" and the "how" of fallacious thinking, and the layers that exist there. I'm thinking about the cause and effect stream you spoke of, and the process of re-creation in the second post. It seems like, based on what you are putting forth, fallacious thinking has a domino effect and that certain outcomes in that effect stream would be directed and others not, and even the kind of thinking that would lead someone to commit obfuscational inducement could, and likely would, be fallacious in itself, and they the product of the influence of others' fallacious thinking...what a mess. I'm looking forward to hearing more about this!
Yes, the straw man fallacy shows up in so many places and with such regularity that I am both shocked and desensitized to its presence. It isn't easy to go any length of time without it showing up in one of its many forms. Happy digging!
Thank you for this! This is such a gift to have such clear descriptions of all these fallacies next to one another. I am struck by all the different ways that the straw man fallacy can and does manifest. It seems to me that many people unknowingly create a straw man around much of their interactions with the world.
Also, I am intrigued by the difference between the Hasty Generalization fallacy and the Exception fallacy. Looking forward to digging deeper on these.
Since I'm not much of a math person, I found the examples to be extremely helpful in understanding the fallacies better. Really helpful information here.
Carl, I am very happy to hear that the information is reaching you. My goal is for this information to help everyone that comes into contact with it. There will be some mathematics present, but that is for those that like that sort of thing. I will continue to do my best to make future essays as accessible as possible. Please feel free to inquire about things or contribute as you wish. I am very busy writing the essays and will respond ASAP. I am sure that others here will offer up their observations as well. The idea is for this to grow over time and be a space for people to engage in exciting discussions and connect to like minds. Thank you for your feedback; it is an encouragement to me.
So much here to consider. I keep coming back and reading these and getting something more from them each time. Very well written! I'm excited to learn more about the "when, where, how, and why we use these fallacies for protection."
Great material here...I really appreciate the relevance of the examples you provided. I can see and feel these fallacies operating, at least in my external environment at times, but often don't know how to articulate exactly what is happening. I think that's part of the mechanism in obfuscational inducement. Not having the knowledge or understanding of these things operating would create a sense of confusion when they are operating, and perhaps cognitive dissonance, and in order to resolve it, one might be motivated to adhere to the simplistic and/or fear-inducing reasoning that the perpetrator is putting forth, not seeing what they are sacrificing in the process.
Thank you, Perry. The straw man can be a mechanism of obfuscational inducement but whether it is being used that way is entirely up to the intentions, awareness, knowledge base, etc., of the one who is committing the fallacy. While the results could be the same (impact to the receiver), the mechanism of action can be intentional or accidental. The new installment will deal with this, in part.
I see. That's a very helpful distinction, thank you! That generates more thoughts for me as far as the "why" and the "how" of fallacious thinking, and the layers that exist there. I'm thinking about the cause and effect stream you spoke of, and the process of re-creation in the second post. It seems like, based on what you are putting forth, fallacious thinking has a domino effect and that certain outcomes in that effect stream would be directed and others not, and even the kind of thinking that would lead someone to commit obfuscational inducement could, and likely would, be fallacious in itself, and they the product of the influence of others' fallacious thinking...what a mess. I'm looking forward to hearing more about this!