Here’s how to spot either-or type fallacies (CT Scan, Episode 85)

Either-or fallacies present only two mutually exclusive options when others may exist. Find out how to spot 3 related fallacies—and learn an easy bonus hack for answering faulty “if-then” arguments...

🔸Correction to video🔸 At the 2:13 mark, Patricia said, "This argument’s structure is invalid because it’s affirming the consequent," but upon later review realized it's denying the consequent, which is a valid structure. However, the subsequent discussion about the argument's faulty either-or claim still applies, so the argument remains a fallacy.
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DIGGING DEEPER
🔹 Lisle, J. (2009). Logical Fallacies: Bifurcation. https://answersingenesis.org/logic/bifurcation/
🔹 Lisle, J. (2009). Formal Fallacies. https://answersingenesis.org/logic/formal-fallacies/
🔹 All logic articles: https://answersingenesis.org/logic/
🔹 Free Online DVD: The Ultimate Proof of Creation with Dr. Jason Lisle. https://answersingenesis.org/media/video/creation/ultimate-proof/
🔹 Book: Lisle, J. (2009). The Ultimate Proof of Creation. Master Books. https://answersingenesis.ca/store/product/ultimate-proof-creation-book/?sku=10-2-363 (See summary article at https://answersingenesis.org/evidence-for-creation/the-ultimate-proof-of-creation/.)
🔹 Looy, M. (2017) A Religion With No God. https://answersingenesis.org/world-religions/atheism/religion-no-god/
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CITED REFERENCES
• “Religion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/religion. Accessed 27 Oct. 2020.
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