Affirmative conclusion from a negative premise (illicit negative) is a formal fallacy that is committed when a categorical syllogism has a positive conclusion...

Negative conclusion from affirmative premises is a syllogistic fallacy committed when a categorical syllogism has a negative conclusion yet both premises...

of a sequence of actions or events Affirmative conclusion from a negative premise, a logical fallacy Conclusion (book), the concluding section of a book...

valid arguments. Affirmative conclusion from a negative premise, in which a syllogism is invalid because the conclusion is affirmative yet one of the premises...

An irrelevant conclusion, also known as ignoratio elenchi (Latin for 'ignoring refutation') or missing the point, is the informal fallacy of presenting...

terms. Affirmative conclusion from a negative premise: If either premise is negative, the conclusion must also be. Negative conclusion from affirmative premises:...

argument from analogy, including the relevance (positive or negative) of the known similarities to the similarity inferred in the conclusion, the degree...

major is a formal fallacy committed in a categorical syllogism that is invalid because its major term is undistributed in the major premise but distributed...

are developing on a grand scale as a result of relentlessly negative news. If everything and everyone is portrayed negatively, there's a leveling effect...

depends entirely on the truth of the first premise (the ability to know it). Philosophy portal Argument from silence – Argument based on the absence of...

introducing a premise which states either All B is Z, or No B is Z. Also, a related rule of logic is that anything distributed in the conclusion must be distributed...

population has attribute A. Such a generalization proceeds from a premise about a sample (often unrepresentative or biased), to a conclusion about the population...

is an argument that concludes a hypothesis (typically a belief) to be either true or false based on whether the premise leads to desirable or undesirable...

realized. A fallacious appeal to possibility: If it can happen (premise). It will happen. (invalid conclusion) Something can go wrong (premise). Therefore...

infinitum (to infinity) and argument from repetition. The term is defined by the American Heritage Dictionary as "to a disgusting or ridiculous degree; to...

irrelevance. It is based on the premise that there is no proof for a certain claim. From this premise, the conclusion is drawn that this claim must therefore...

minor is a formal fallacy committed in a categorical syllogism that is invalid because its minor term is undistributed in the minor premise but distributed...

Argument from fallacy is the formal fallacy of analyzing an argument and inferring that, since it contains a fallacy, its conclusion must be false. It...

is morally wrong!" Here, X is the statement: "Stealing from a store is morally wrong." Person A is asserting that statement X is true. Person B: "So what...

fallacy is a logical fallacy in the interpretation of statistical data where inferences about the nature of individuals are deduced from inference for...

reason to establish their conclusions, even if their premises are true. The name denying the antecedent derives from the premise "not P", which denies the...

principii is not a fallacy of reasoning but an ineptitude in argumentation: thus the argument from p as a premise to p as conclusion is not deductively...

A poisoned-well "argument" can also be in this form: Unfavorable definitions (be it true or false) that prevent disagreement (or enforce affirmative position)...

"appeal to the stick") is a type of argument made when one attempts to appeal to force to bring about the acceptance of a conclusion. One participates in argumentum...

(begging the question), which offers a premise no more plausible than, and often just a restatement of, the conclusion. Closely connected with [petitio principii]...

"imperfect" institutional arrangement. This nirvana approach differs considerably from a comparative institution approach in which the relevant choice is between...

of the fallacy comes from the example: Premise 1: I know who Claus is. Premise 2: I do not know who the masked man is. Conclusion: Therefore, Claus is...

it in terms of a Motte and Bailey fallacy. Nevertheless, I think it is clearly worth distinguishing the Motte and Bailey Doctrine from a particular fallacious...

General premise: if any country based on a particular ideology did many horrible things, then that ideology should be rejected. Political conclusion: capitalism...

definition, are mammals. A second example provides a first proposition that appears realistic and shows how an obviously flawed conclusion still arises under...