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To: Alighieri who wrote (587319)	9/24/2010 5:06:12 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1574267

I don't claim the CBO is wrong, that would be false knowledge. I claim the CBO's logic doesn't support its conclusion. Faulty logic (like assuming your conclusion) can still have a correct conclusion, its just that the argument doesn't show you that the conclusion is correct. If you assume X in your argument for X, than your argument is worthless, but X could still be true. I asserted that since their argument is irrational, therefore the conclusion was wrong I'd be committing an "Argument from Fallacy" --------------- Argument from fallacy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Argument from fallacy is the formal fallacy of analyzing an argument and inferring that, since it contains a fallacy, its conclusion must be false.[1] It is also called Argument to Logic (Argumentum ad Logicam), fallacy fallacy,[2] or fallacist's fallacy.[3] Fallacious arguments can arrive at true conclusions, so this is an informal Fallacy of relevance.[4] Form It has the general argument form: If P, then Q. P is a fallacious argument. Therefore, Q is false.[5] Thus, it is a special case of denying the antecedent where the antecedent, rather than being a proposition that is false, is an entire argument that is fallacious. A fallacious argument, just as with a false antecedent, can still have a consequent that happens to be true. The fallacy is in concluding the consequent of a fallacious argument has to be false. ... Examples: Tom: "All cats are animals. Ginger is an animal. This means Ginger is a cat.". Bill: "Ah you just committed the affirming the consequent logical fallacy. Sorry, you are wrong, which means that Ginger is not a cat". en.wikipedia.org