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  2. False accusation - Wikipedia

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    A false accusation is a claim or allegation of wrongdoing that is untrue and/or otherwise unsupported by facts. [1] False accusations are also known as groundless accusations, unfounded accusations, false allegations, false claims or unsubstantiated allegations. They can occur in any of the following contexts: Informally in everyday life

  3. List of topics characterized as pseudoscience - Wikipedia

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    Creation science or scientific creationism is a branch of creationism that claims to provide scientific support for the Genesis creation narrative in the Book of Genesis and disprove or reexplain the scientific facts, theories and scientific paradigms about geology, cosmology, biological evolution, archaeology, history and linguistics.

  4. Propaganda techniques - Wikipedia

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    A false accusation is a claim or allegation of wrongdoing that is untrue and/or otherwise unsupported by facts. [20] They can be used in any of the following contexts: informally in everyday life, quasi-judicially, or judicially. Fear, uncertainty, and doubt

  5. List of fallacies - Wikipedia

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    The following is a sample of books for further reading, selected for a combination of content, ease of access via the internet, and to provide an indication of published sources that interested readers may review. The titles of some books are self-explanatory.

  6. Begging the question - Wikipedia

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    Rather, the questioner falsely thought that a non-self-explanatory fact about the world was an explanatory first principle. For Aristotle, that certain facts are self-explanatory while others are not is not a reflection solely of the cognitive abilities of humans. It is primarily a reflection of the structure of noncognitive reality.

  7. Loaded question - Wikipedia

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    A loaded question is a form of complex question that contains a controversial assumption (e.g., a presumption of guilt). [1]Such questions may be used as a rhetorical tool: the question attempts to limit direct replies to be those that serve the questioner's agenda. [2]

  8. Wikipedia:Verifiability, not truth - Wikipedia

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    Only facts (including facts about opinions, but not the opinions themselves) have a truth value, and even then, it's much less clear than for mathematics and logic. For example, "The administration of president 'Whoever' promoted the slogan 'resistance is futile '" is a fact. But there are many things to consider before one can have a complete ...

  9. Argumentative - Wikipedia

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    In the American legal system, argumentative is an evidentiary objection raised in response to a question which prompts a witness to draw inferences from facts of the case. [1] A lawyer on direct examination asks his witness, a layman with no legal training, "So John Doe was driving negligently?" Opposing counsel could raise an argumentative ...