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charitable interpretation fallacy

Steelmanning Run Amok

January 2, 2021 by Randal

The other day, I posted an article on the proper application of the Strawman Fallacy. So I thought it would make sense to start off the new year with a companion article addressing steelmanning. While strawmanning is an informal fallacy that involves intentionally critiquing the weaker versions of a position while ignoring the stronger versions, […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: charitable interpretation fallacy, fallacy, steelmanning

The Fallacy of Charitable Interpretation

September 16, 2016 by Randal

In my article “Haha. Imagine that.” I offered a rejoinder to the following Ricky Gervais tweet: “Imagine if you carried on believing in Santa and the tooth fairy into adulthood. And even killed & started wars over it. Haha. Imagine that.” In the discussion thread, Logical Question then offered the following response: “Viewing Gervais’s tweet […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: charitable interpretation fallacy, comedy, principle of charity, Ricky Gervais

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