Meaning

2 senses
  1. A fallacy; a clearly defined error in reasoning used to support or refute an argument, excluding simple unintended mistakes.

  2. A formal fallacy.

    A valid syllogism contains three terms; with four it commits the logical fallacy known as quaternio terminorum.

    a fallacy in logical argumentation

Examples

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  1. I can't see your argument through all these logical fallacies.

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  2. Affirming the consequent is an example of a formal logical fallacy.

    ruПеремена мест причины и следствия – пример формальной логической ошибки.

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  3. An appeal to common sense is a type of argument from incredulity, a logical fallacy.

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  4. That's not a valid argument. It's a logical fallacy.

    deDas ist kein zulässiges Argument. Das ist ein logischer Trugschluss.

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