Janice Rael
Maybe it's literal, maybe hyperbole.™
- Joined
- May 3, 2024
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- Jenkintown PA
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- Surprise me, or she/her
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- I believe I need to ask more people
Claims require evidence. Words have meaning. Argumentum ad Dictionarium is a logical fallacy.
I'm right, you can't prove me wrong. RationalWiki is rational and fallacious arguments are fallacious. Right? I'm right:
Logical, right? Wrong.
WHY is it wrong? Suppose I assert that I am right, when I declare that others are wrong to use a dictionary definition to support a claim. I am wrong to do so. WHY do you think I am wrong? Why would a writer be wrong about dictionaries? I kind of am one. That's also why and how I am wrong, but, extra credit. Why and how is my assertion wrong? How is Argumentum ad Dictionarium wrong? I already told you.
The first two sentences in this post are statements I learned on this forum and from the masters of debate; too many atheist lawyers to count. Each statement is also wrong. Prove me wrong. You can't; I'm right.
I'm wrong. Prove it.
You can't prove me wrong. I'd rather be right than happy. That's why and how I am wrong, and so are you.
Ok, let's discuss this. Drag it out to its logical conclusions, let's see who has learned what since I left.
I'm right, you can't prove me wrong. RationalWiki is rational and fallacious arguments are fallacious. Right? I'm right:
Argumentum ad dictionarium
Argumentum ad dictionarium is the act of pulling out a dictionary to support your assertions. More broadly speaking, it can refer to any argument about definitions, semantics, or what label to apply to a person or idea — an actual dictionary may not be involved, sometimes the definition is purely personal, sometimes it can be a case of picking and choosing definitions raised by other sources,[2] but the end use is the same.
It is a form of argument from authority combining attributes of a red herring argument and, frequently, special pleading. It's very closely related to equivocation and doublespeak. About 91.3% of arguments on the Internet tend to boil down to this.
Logical, right? Wrong.
WHY is it wrong? Suppose I assert that I am right, when I declare that others are wrong to use a dictionary definition to support a claim. I am wrong to do so. WHY do you think I am wrong? Why would a writer be wrong about dictionaries? I kind of am one. That's also why and how I am wrong, but, extra credit. Why and how is my assertion wrong? How is Argumentum ad Dictionarium wrong? I already told you.
The first two sentences in this post are statements I learned on this forum and from the masters of debate; too many atheist lawyers to count. Each statement is also wrong. Prove me wrong. You can't; I'm right.
I'm wrong. Prove it.
You can't prove me wrong. I'd rather be right than happy. That's why and how I am wrong, and so are you.
Ok, let's discuss this. Drag it out to its logical conclusions, let's see who has learned what since I left.