Fallacy Quotes

142 quotes by 121 authors

All logic texts are divided into two parts. In the first part, on deductible logic, the fallacies are explained; in the second part, on inductive… — Morris Raphael Cohen
The fact that man produces a concept "I" besides the totality of his mental and emotional experiences or perceptions does not prove that there must… — Albert Einstein
Perhaps that is the real surprise of love; it exists, but one may not attribute causes and effects to it. The existence may appear to… — Faraaz Kazi
The question we must ask ourselves as a culture is whether we want to embrace the change that must come, or resist it. Are we… — Howard Lyman
The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting… — William Lyon Phelps
There is nothing in England that exercises a more delightful spell over my imagination than the lingerings of the holiday customs and rural games of… — Washington Irving
There are different kinds of truths for different kinds of people. There are truths appropriate for children; truths that are appropriate for students; truths that… — Irving Kristol
In the social equation, the value of a single life is nil; in the cosmic equation, it is infinite... Not only communism, but any political… — Arthur Koestler
If we carry this line of argument to its logical conclusion, the meaning of life consists of the flaws in one's conceptions and what one… — George Soros
Zionism is the most stupendous fallacy in Jewish history — Henry Morgenthau, Sr.
Many people tend to look at programming styles and languages like religions: if you belong to one, you cannot belong to others. But this analogy… — Niklaus Wirth
Kind-hearted people might of course think there was some ingenious way to disarm or defeat an enemy without too much bloodshed, and might imagine this… — Carl von Clausewitz
By committing the scientific method to religious claims you're committing a logical fallacy — Francis Collins
The more time, toil, and sacrifice spent by a population in producing medicine as a commodity, the larger will be the by-product, namely, the fallacy… — Ivan Illich
Economics is haunted by more fallacies than any other study known to man — Henry Hazlitt
So long as the processes of healing were not understood and man thought that the power to heal resided in substances and things outside of… — Herbert M. Shelton
It is the 'zoomorphic' or 'rattomorphic' fallacy - the expressed or implicit contention that there is no essential difference between rat and man - which… — Ludwig von Bertalanffy
The most ominous of fallacies - the belief that things can be kept static by inaction — Freya Stark
To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is the best method of enabling the mind to detect its… — Samuel Johnson
The greatest educational dogma is also its greatest fallacy: the belief that what must be learned can necessarily be taught. — Sydney J. Harris

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