What Is A Fallacy Of Partial Evidence
Based on my experience, Fallacies of Premises categories “…involve illegitimate citation or discussion of evidence.” are the most common fallacious interpretive approaches. The fallacy of Partial Evidence is one of the most used types of fallacies of premise, “Limitations of time or implicit commitment to a preunderstanding can cause the student to deal with only a part of the relevant evidence, leading to a skewed interpretation.” An example is when someone uses only partial information they have pre-selected to defend their position in an argument to persuade others. The more information that is left out, the more fallacious the argument. Or selecting versus randomly throughout the Bible to defend one’s position. Each verse needs to be
selected in context. In other words, we must do our homework when selecting scriptures from different passages to defend our argument. We need to analyze the entire passage in relation to our topic.
Other terms that assimilate with fallacies of false premises are “cherry picking” and “Confirmation Bias”. Confirmation Bias is to pre-select versus to justify our belief system. When someone looks for ways to easily ignore information that goes against their beliefs, they will then find the remaining evidence to support their beliefs.
Some Christians manipulate scriptures to suit their desires. Like a controlling husband who demands his wife be submissive to him might use Ephesian 5:25, “Wives, submit to your husbands”, without including verse 26 which says, “Husbands love your wives…”. Instead of taking bits and pieces of scripture to defend his authoritative role, he might consider reading 1 Cor. 13 to learn how to exercise love.
selected in context. In other words, we must do our homework when selecting scriptures from different passages to defend our argument. We need to analyze the entire passage in relation to our topic.
Other terms that assimilate with fallacies of false premises are “cherry picking” and “Confirmation Bias”. Confirmation Bias is to pre-select versus to justify our belief system. When someone looks for ways to easily ignore information that goes against their beliefs, they will then find the remaining evidence to support their beliefs.
Some Christians manipulate scriptures to suit their desires. Like a controlling husband who demands his wife be submissive to him might use Ephesian 5:25, “Wives, submit to your husbands”, without including verse 26 which says, “Husbands love your wives…”. Instead of taking bits and pieces of scripture to defend his authoritative role, he might consider reading 1 Cor. 13 to learn how to exercise love.