Talk:Genetic fallacy
This page is terrible, the argument
(1) my parents told me a god exists
(2) my parents would never lie to me
(3) Therefore, this God exists
does not use the genetic fallacy (the problem with it is that it is not the case that if you are not lying about p, then p as a lie is an intentional falsehood, you can still tell a falsehood that isn't a lie (e.g Aristotle wasn't lying when get gave his theory of cannonballs even though the theory is false). The above argument is quite okayish as arguments go (its structure is very clear which puts it above most arguments).
An argument uses the genetic fallacy iff it uses bad reasons for the source of a proposition as evidence for the negation that proposition (not a perfect definition but it will suffice) E.g, I was hit on the head and exclaimed by chance '3 + 4 = 7', so '3 + 4 = 7' is false. Obviously just because a belief isn't justified that doesn't mean that it's a false belief.— Unsigned, by: 163.1.208.255 / talk / contribs 15:05, 8 February 2015 (UTC)