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...

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:...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

real evidence or a valid logical deduction of the claim from the evidence. When used in the inductive method, which implies the conclusions can not be proven...

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...

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...

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

syllogisms always have three terms: Major premise: Weapons are dangerous. Minor premise: Knives are weapons. Conclusion: Knives are dangerous. Here, the three...

argument by example may be valid if it leads from a singular premise to an existential conclusion (i.e. proving that a claim is true for at least one case, instead...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

drawn from everyday experience. Used sparingly, it may succeed, but the use of a cliché in writing, speech, or argument is generally considered a mark...

Meta-ethics Sailer, Steve (October 30, 2002). "Q&A: Steven Pinker of 'Blank Slate'". UPI. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved December...

of psychology for logic." From Attacking Faulty Reasoning by T. Edward Damer, Third Edition p. 36: You're not going to wear a wedding ring, are you? Don't...

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...