Sentence examples for fallacy by the from inspiring English sources
Second, the deployment of a deeply cynical logical fallacy by the court of appeal in the case of J (Iran) [2006], which forms a convenient basis for refusing an asylum claim in most LGBT cases.
Iraq's justification for using the death penalty as a deterrent to terrorism was "clearly exposed as a fallacy" by the sharp rise in civilian casualties over the same period, Ms. Pillay noted.
Lisa attempts to demonstrate Homer's logical fallacy by the example of a tiger-repellent rock, but it goes over his head.
But in practice, the wage fund theory was "shown to be a fallacy by the end of the 19th century," Szymanski said.
On the surface, the myth is a fallacy by the mutual exclusion of its terms: how can tragedy and suffering be rendered beautiful?
Whereas the transcendental 'true' imposes its difficulties to qualify as a property of being as being, the indication of which was Aristotle's exclusion of being of reason from metaphysics, the transcendental 'good' raises the suspicion of a naturalistic fallacy, by making the ethical good depend upon the good as a property convertible with being.
Epidemiological studies rule out the ecological fallacy by examining the relationship between lead exposure and rates of crime in individuals.
And this comment: "Isn't the author committing a fundamental fallacy by ignoring the historical context in which pre-modern artists were producing their works?" It's unlikely that Medieval and Renaissance artists were advocating theology.
Studies which derive normative statements from their descriptive data alone run the risk of an is-ought fallacy by ignoring the fact that ethical values, norms and principles play an irreducible role in ethical judgment.
Your discussion of the apparently long-observed correlation between poetry and morbidity (Arts & Ideas, April 24) commits a basic fallacy by assuming that the former must somehow be causing the latter.
In each case, Obama demonstrated his trademark cool demeanor, lightly contradicting his interrogator, and then moving on to correct the fallacy by stating his own position on the given issue.
