Logical Fallacies & Quotes

Logical Fallacies & Quotes

By Dr. Sohail Ansari

Conceived and worded by DR.Sohail. ansari (originality of concepts and originality of words).

He believes that there can never be a zero scope for improvement and appreciates criticism if it is not for the sake of criticism. 

Logical fallacies

·         All terrorists are Muslims, therefore, all Muslims are terrorists.

·         Some tall are men because some men are tall.

·          If many fail despite study so many pass despite study.

·         If removal of fault from design is perfect then design becomes perfect.

·         Theory is wrong if one can not prove it right.

·         He is divinely inspired as has no tutor so far been known to teach him.

·         Spelling of every word is right if no one in class points out.

·         All people are alive if their names do not appear in the list of casualties.

·         All pens are ball-points as all ball-points are pens.

·         All animals are dogs as all dogs are animals.

·         Every child is a human; therefore every human is a child.

·         Every old is a human, therefore every human is old.

·         Only answer teacher has from students is the wrong answer; therefore wrong answer is the only answer.     

·         Donations must not be given to hospitals as many patients complain of mismanagement.

·         People from these two regions are always different in terms of height and colors; therefore people different in height and color must always be from these two regions.

·         Articles dealing with new concepts have coinages; this article must be about new concepts as it has coinages.  

·         My all friends are intelligent; therefore all intelligent are my friends. 

·         Long essay can have a great collection of words; therefore this long essay must have a great collection of words.

·         In basket ball team some players can be short height; there must, therefore, be some short height players in this basketball team.

 Addiction

Addiction is born out of activity that has taken on a life of its own, not making addict great in fulfilling it but bad in not doing so.

Quotable quotes from ‘B’

Bee  

·         Bee is liked for honey but judging a person by his words not by his contribution is liking bee for bee.

Best

·         In culture of corruption one can only be best by being worst.

·         One can truly be best for being best for a job that is not best for him.

Book

·         Book is really cheap if its expensiveness is only due to its expansiveness 

·         Book is good if it repays the investment of reader’s time, and good in itself if it repays the right investment of reader’s time.

·         Important book defines itself by its power to stay as long as the stuff it deals does; and interesting book defines itself by its power to make you stay as long as the stuff it deals does.

·         Book on much familiar topic can catch popularity by catching something that has eluded account so far. 

Capital punishment

·         Importance of capital punishment lies not in punishment but in effects it generates. 

Certainty

·         If there is no certainty then only certainty is uncertainty.

Change

·         If you do not make change which you can not afford not to make then decline is inevitable.

·         No change of class room and no change in class are not always no change in class and no change of class room.

Cheater     

·         We afford a cheater an opportunity to cheat again when we believe that he will not cheat again.

Creativity

·         Diction enables writer to define the difference between two things through application of two different words. Creativity enables writer to define the difference between two things through different application of same word.

·         Creativity in arts exploits as well as transcends the limits imposed by the definition of genre.

·         Creativity in most sublime form is inexhaustible newness of themes not newness on themes.

·         Creativity is finding extraordinary story in ordinary occurrence.

Creative work

·         Creative work of our time appears as if different ingredients of various recipes are combined into one recipe to produce different but familiar taste.

Creative destruction

·         Creative destruction is breaking old paths for breaking new and better.

Creativity of form

·         Creativity in conveying the message (that is not yours) is the originality of form without damaging the originality of substance. 

Cure

·         If cure is assumed to be possible only through modern medicine then cure effected through traditional remedies is attributed to divine intervention.