9. The Appeal to Nature Fallacy | THUNK
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Date: 2014-01-08

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 - http://www.fallacyfiles.org/adnature.html

A hilarious example of the Appeal to Nature entitled "Why Natural Childbirth?" - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1595040/

"All-Natural" Tobacco - http://yourtobaccosource.com/tampa_cigarette_tobacco.html

A good summary of instinct theory's current definition in psychology, and why it's not really applicable to the majority of human behavior - http://explorable.com/instinct-theory-of-motivation