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Hasty Generalizations and True Scotsmen
No True Scotsman is a type of logical fallacy that involves making exceptions when a claim is contradicted in order to prevent the claim from being falsified. It’s called the No True Scotsman fallacy because it follows a pattern of reasoning along these lines:
Person A: No Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge.
Person B: But my friend Donald is a Scotsman, and he puts sugar on his porridge.
Person A: Ah, yes, but no true Scotsman puts sugar on his por
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Feb 16th 2026