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In philosophy, proving too much is a logical fallacy which occurs when an argument reaches the desired conclusion in such a way as to make that conclusion only a special case or corollary consequence of a larger, obviously absurd conclusion. It is a fallacy because, if the reasoning were valid, it would hold for the absurd conclusion.
Proving too much – an argument that results in an overly generalized conclusion (e.g.: arguing that drinking alcohol is bad because in some instances it has led to spousal or child abuse). Psychologist's fallacy – an observer presupposes the objectivity of their own perspective when analyzing a behavioral event.
Fear that an extraordinary life would be too much out of the ordinary, and hence not acceptable to others inciting xenophobic rejection; Fear by association of the ability honed being heightened and elevated as subject to a traumatic unrelated event, complex or memory; Fear of seeming arrogant, self-centered, etc. [7]
The knight of faith (Danish: troens ridder) is an individual who has placed complete faith in himself and in God and can act freely and independently from the world. The 19th-century Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard vicariously discusses the knight of faith in several of his pseudonymous works, with the most in-depth and detailed critique exposited in Fear and Trembling and in Repetition.
This fear is also defined as "the inhibited capacity of an individual, because of anxiety, to exchange thought and feelings of personal significance with another individual who is highly valued". [1] Fear of intimacy is the expression of existential views in that to love and to be loved makes life seem precious and death more inevitable. [2]
Starting the ’70s, with divorce on the rise, social psychologists got into the mix. Recognizing the apparently opaque character of marital happiness but optimistic about science’s capacity to investigate it, they pioneered a huge array of inventive techniques to study what things seemed to make marriages succeed or fail.
Investors have two primary emotions, fear and greed, according to CNN Money. The news service believes in this so much that it has created a metric around the idea. The Fear and Greed Index ...
Three Upbuilding Discourses (1843) is a book by Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard.Kierkegaard continues his discussion of the difference between externalities and inwardness in the Discourses but moves from the inwardness of faith to that of love.