logical fallacy
A fallacy; a clearly defined error in reasoning used to support or refute an argument,…A fallacy; a clearly defined error in reasoning used to support or refute an argument, excluding simple unintended mistakes.
» I can't see your argument through all these logical fallacies.
Meaning
2 sensesA fallacy; a clearly defined error in reasoning used to support or refute an argument, excluding simple unintended mistakes.
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
4 sentencesI can't see your argument through all these logical fallacies.
Affirming the consequent is an example of a formal logical fallacy.
ruПеремена мест причины и следствия – пример формальной логической ошибки.
An appeal to common sense is a type of argument from incredulity, a logical fallacy.
That's not a valid argument. It's a logical fallacy.
deDas ist kein zulässiges Argument. Das ist ein logischer Trugschluss.