No true Scotsman
The "no true Scotsman" argument is an argument of the form:
- Argument: "No Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."
- Reply: "But my friend Angus likes sugar with his porridge."
- Rebuttal: "Ah yes, but no true Scotsman puts sugar on his porridge."
Some behaviors are actually contradictory to the label; "no true vegetarian would eat a beef steak" is not fallacious because it follows from the definition of "vegetarian".






