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**fount_pirat** · 07-04-2011, 07:59 AM

The use of fallacies to support ones argument is a sign of unskilled reasoning, but it would be quite a leap to say it "corrupts" Buddhism. The Kalama Sutta is a warning against several informal fallacies, such as appeals to authority, tradition, emotions.

But a skilled thinker should also keep away from assuming that a conclusion is false just because the premises contain a fallacy.

07-04-2011, 07:59 AM	#6
fount_pirat Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 618 Senior Member	The use of fallacies to support ones argument is a sign of unskilled reasoning, but it would be quite a leap to say it "corrupts" Buddhism. The Kalama Sutta is a warning against several informal fallacies, such as appeals to authority, tradition, emotions. But a skilled thinker should also keep away from assuming that a conclusion is false just because the premises contain a fallacy.
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