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The Anecdotal Fallacy of Dismissing Anecdotes

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: It is of course true that many people use personal anecdotes to reach wildly universal conclusions. Thus, concepts such as "anecdotal evidence", "anecdotal fallacy" and "hasty generalization" have been formulated in an attempt to counteract that. However, ironically, many hasty generalizations have been applied to anecdotal reasoning itself:

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.23296299

Author: Ranete, Andrei

Language: English

Topic: Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics

Subfield: Philosophy

Field: Arts and Humanities

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7221443468

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