Psychologist’s fallacy:
Perspectival Fallacy
| Definition | Example |
| occurs when an observer presupposes the objectivity of his own perspective when analyzing a behavioral event. | My buddies probably wish they were not married just as I do. |
| Notes | |
| This fallacy is usually committed evermore infrequently as people age and explore the opinions and experiences of others outside their own community. | |
Case Study One
Many theists who feel protected from their own impulses within the stricture of their religion’s moral code accuse those who live without a moral code of having nothing that would prevent them from rape or murder. They subjectively assume that others share the same impulses they possess.
Case Study Two
Many life-long atheists presume that theists are less than truthful when those theists claim they have experienced god speaking to them.
Keep in mind that a fallacious argument does not entail an erroneous position.
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