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no true Scotsman fallacy
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Japanese Meaning
「真のスコットランド人の誤謬」と呼ばれ、反例によって主張が否定されるのを回避するために、反例とされる対象を意図的に除外する論理的誤謬の一種です。 / 反例を理由に自説を崩さないため、真の例として認めたくない対象を「本当のスコットランド人」ではないと定義しなおす誤謬。
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The logical fallacy of attempting to retain an unreasoned assertion by excluding the case given in a counterexample, as in: No Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge.
I am Scottish, and I put sugar on my porridge.
Well, no true Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge.
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no true Scotsman fallacy
Accusing someone of being unpatriotic simply because they disagree risks committing the no true Scotsman fallacy.
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Accusing someone of being unpatriotic simply because they disagree risks committing the no true Scotsman fallacy.
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