Fallacy Fallacy

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1 Synonyms
2 Explanation
3 Demarcation
4 Category
5 External Links
6 Examples in creationist arguments

Synonyms

Appeal to Logic
Argument from Fallacy
Argument of the Logic
Argumentum ad logicam
Fallacist's Fallacy

Explanation

You commit the Fallacy Fallacy if you claim that, because your opponent used a fallacy to support his conclusion, his conclusion must therefore be false.

Of course a true statement can be defended using false logic, so using false logic to defend an opinion is not proof of the opinion being wrong.

Often this is combined with a Straw Man, that is, the opponent didn't even use the alleged fallacy.

Demarcation

You do not commit this fallacy if you:

point out that the opponent uses nothing but fallacies and is therefore a pseudoscientist.
You make no claim of truth or falsity of the opposing claim other than the observation that the offered arguments do not support or provide evidence for it.