genetic fallacy
The genetic fallacy is a logical fallacy that occurs when someone dismisses or accepts an idea solely based on its origin or history, rather than evaluating it on its own merit or evidence.
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Related Concepts (24)
- analytical thinking
- analyzing arguments
- argumentation
- argumentative fallacies
- cognitive biases
- cognitive distortions
- critical thinking
- debating techniques
- fallacious reasoning
- fallacy of division
- false conclusions
- faulty reasoning
- informal fallacies
- logical errors
- logical fallacies
- logical fallacy
- manipulative tactics
- misleading arguments
- persuasive techniques
- philosophy
- reasoning
- reasoning errors
- reasoning flaws
- rhetoric
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- causal fallacies
- circular reasoning fallacy
- ecological fallacy
- fallacies
- fallacies in reasoning
- false cause fallacy
- gambler's fallacy
- genetic determinism
- hasty generalization fallacy
- inaccurate beliefs about genetic traits
- logic fallacies
- regression fallacy
- statistical fallacies
- statistical fallacy
- the hasty generalization fallacy