What is the appeal to purity fallacy?
The appeal to purity fallacy and the no true Scotsman fallacy are closely related, but the appeal to purity fallacy is broader:
- Appeal to purity fallacies dismiss deviations from an idealized form, rejecting any variation or nuance within a belief system or identity.
- No true Scotsman fallacies are a type of appeal to purity that involves dismissing counterexamples to defend a specific claim.