In philosophy, correlative-based fallacies are informal fallacies based on correlative conjunctions. A correlative conjunction is a relationship between...
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The fallacy of suppressed correlative is a type of argument that tries to redefine a correlative (one of two mutually exclusive options) so that one alternative...
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require a disclaimer. Correlative based fallacies Existential import Law of non-contradiction Bennett, Bo, "Denying the Correlative", Logically Fallacious...
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contain fallacies. Because of their variety, fallacies are challenging to classify. They can be classified by their structure (formal fallacies) or content...
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statistic Correlative-based fallacies – Informal fallacies based on correlative conjunctions Cum hoc ergo propter hoc – Refutation of a logical fallacyPages...
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The base rate fallacy, also called base rate neglect or base rate bias, is a type of fallacy in which people tend to ignore the base rate (e.g., general...
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The fallacy of composition is an informal fallacy that arises when one infers that something is true of the whole from the fact that it is true of some...
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Aberdein, Andrew (June 2017). "Leonard Nelson: A Theory of Philosophical Fallacies (book review)" (PDF). Argumentation. 31 (2): 455–461. doi:10.1007/s10503-016-9398-2...
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"’psychologist's fallacy’ par excellence" (volume 1, p. 196). John Dewey followed James in describing a variety of fallacies, including "the philosophic fallacy", "the...
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the challengers' argument was an ecological fallacy and rejected it. List of fallacies Correlation fallacy Complete spatial randomness Ecological regression...
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The existential fallacy, or existential instantiation, is a formal fallacy. In the existential fallacy, one presupposes that a class has members when one...
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and others that do not. These fallacies are called verbal fallacies and material fallacies, respectively. A material fallacy is an error in what the arguer...
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Cherry picking (redirect from Incomplete evidence (fallacy))
complete picture. Cherry picking can be found in many logical fallacies. For example, the "fallacy of anecdotal evidence" tends to overlook large amounts of...
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Equivocation (redirect from Fallacy of equivocation)
Practical Guide to Fallacy-Free Arguments. Cengage Learning. pp. 121–123. ISBN 978-0-495-09506-4. Fischer, D. H. (June 1970), Historians' fallacies: toward a logic...
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Red herring (redirect from Red herring (fallacy))
Garden path sentence Ignoratio elenchi List of fallacies § Red herring fallacies MacGuffin Non sequitur (fallacy) Plot twist Red herring prospectus Shaggy...
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University Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-521-86065-9. Cox, James. "Logical Fallacies". Illinois State University. Archived from the original on May 16, 2017...
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variation on the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy and a member of the questionable cause group of fallacies. All of those examples deal with a lurking...
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number of informal fallacies have been identified, including the fallacy of equivocation, the fallacy of amphiboly, the fallacies of composition and division...
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Faulty generalization (redirect from Fallacies of inference)
not justified by sufficient or unbiased evidence. Unlike fallacies of relevance, in fallacies of defective induction, the premises are related to the conclusions...
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Affirming the consequent (redirect from Fallacy of the Consequent)
Confusion of the inverse Denying the antecedent Fallacies of illicit transference Fallacy of the single cause Fallacy of the undistributed middle Modus ponens...
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that is-ought conclusions are fallacies point at observations of people who purport to consider such conclusions as fallacies do not do so consistently....
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Complex question (redirect from Fallacy of many questions)
of the fallacy into question. — Arthur Ernest Davies, "Fallacies" in A Text-Book of Logic Wicked problem Walton, Douglas N. (1981). "The fallacy of many...
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Begging the question (redirect from Fallacy of Circular Reasoning)
Dowden, "Fallacies" in Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. "Fallacy". Encyclopædia Britannica. Strictly speaking, petitio principii is not a fallacy of reasoning...
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Argument from authority (redirect from Eminence-based decision-making)
Curtis, Gary N. "Misleading Appeal to Authority". The Fallacy Files. Retrieved 2021-07-08. "Fallacies". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Walton...
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(1995). Fallacies: Classical and Contemporary Readings. Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 0-271-01417-2. Bibliography on Fallacies The Fallacy Files...
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The fallacy of the undistributed middle (Latin: non distributio medii) is a formal fallacy that is committed when the middle term in a categorical syllogism...
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fallacies Formal fallacy, also known as non sequitur (logic) – Faulty deductive reasoning due to a logical flaw Affirming a disjunct – Formal fallacy...
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to Informal Fallacies (Fifth Edition) by S. Morris Engel, chapter V, subsection 1 (p. 198) Honderich, Ted, ed. (1995). "Genetic fallacy". The Oxford...
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Slippery slope (redirect from Logical fallacy/Slippery slope)
how terminology should be used. It has been said that whilst these two fallacies "have a relationship which may justify treating them together", they are...
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Argument to moderation (redirect from Golden mean fallacy)
compromise, argument from middle ground, fallacy of gray, middle ground fallacy, or golden mean fallacy—is the fallacy that the truth is always in the middle...
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