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Why The “No True Scotsman” Fallacy Isn’t a Fallacy (And Why It Matters)
THIS POST will show why the “No True Scotsman” fallacy isn’t a fallacy. Wikipedia describes the alleged fallacy as follows: “No true Scotsman” is an informal fallacy, an ad hoc attempt to retain an unreasoned assertion.When faced with a counterexample to a universal claim (“no Scotsman…