The "Appeal to Nature" fallacy is a pretty widespread and insidious bit of flawed logic. This week, I show you how it works & how to spot it.
Links for the Curious
A summary of the fallacy - www.fallacyfile...
A hilarious example of the Appeal to Nature entitled "Why Natural Childbirth?" - www.ncbi.nlm.ni...
"All-Natural" Tobacco - yourtobaccosour...
A good summary of instinct theory's current definition in psychology, and why it's not really applicable to the majority of human behavior - explorable.com/...
14 окт 2024