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The fallacy of false dichotomy is committed when the arguer claims that his conclusion is one of only two options, when in fact there are other possibilities. The arguer then goes on to show that the 'only other option' is clearly outrageous, and so his preferred conclusion must be embraced.
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mind.ucsd.edu/syllabi/98-99/logic/falsedichotomy.html
mind.ucsd.edu/syllabi/98-99/logic/falsedichotomy.html
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False dilemma - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The logical fallacy of false dilemma (also called false dichotomy , the either-or fallacy ) involves a situation in which only two alternatives are considered, when in fact there are other optio...
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In a false dichotomy (also called a false dilemma, either or, black or white, the missing middle) you are presented with two choices, when in fact there are more than two choices. If one choice is discredited, then the reader is forced to accept the other choice.
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info-pollution.com/false.htm
info-pollution.com/false.htm
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; The national education reform effort has long suffered from magical thinking about what it takes to improve children's chances of learning. Instead of homing in on teacher training and high standards, ... This belief, though widespread, has not held up to careful scrutiny. A growing body of work has shown that the quality...
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www.erinoconnor.org/archives/2006/07/false_dichotomi.ht...
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False Dichotomies by Joseph Rowlands ... Objectivist literature mentions dichotomies frequently, but usually in a negative sense. The dichotomies mentioned above and many others are false dichotomies. This means that the two categories are either non-exhaustive, or they overlap some.
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rebirthofreason.com/Articles/Rowlands/False_Dichotomies...
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The rest of the post is devoted to pursuing this false dichotomy. Any policy that does not treat all abortions as the absolute equivalent of murder of a live human being is ridiculed as hypocrisy, and then shown to be (supposedly) a mere effort to punish women.
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patterico.com/2006/03/23/kevin-drum-praises-false-dicho...
patterico.com/2006/03/23/kevin-drum-praises-false-dichotomies-regarding-abortion/
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The bulk of the column discusses some of his decisions in order to debunk the most implausible claims made about them, often skipping the most important arguments (for example, he completely ignores the critical facial challenge issue pending in Ayotte when discussing Casey.) But he engages in a similar false dichotomy.
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lefarkins.blogspot.com/2005/11/alito-apologism-and-fals...
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www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A965991
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Some more-popular false false dichotomies: ... Yes dichotomies need not be exactly definable to be useful. But we don’t want to accept just any old sloppy dichotomy. So the question is: how do we tell when they are too sloppy?
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www.overcomingbias.com/2008/12/false-false-dic.html
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