Submitted by CartesianClosedCat t3_11ygz5f in philosophy
VioletKate99 t1_jdjo2br wrote
Reply to comment by XiphosAletheria in The Fallacy Fork: Why It’s Time to Get Rid of Fallacy Theory by CartesianClosedCat
That is true, but the point of the post is that people don't make these kinds of arguments in real life. If I say "yesterday the bottom of the sky was red, and I know because my brother told me and I don't think he would lie to me". This sentence reflects real life more because you example is based on the absurdity of someone arguing a known universal truth, that creates the exact kind of toy sentence example that can then be easily discredited.
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