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The following example demonstrates why this line of reasoning is a logical fallacy: I've seen a person shoot someone dead. Therefore, all people are murderers. In the common discourse, a proof by example can also be used to describe an attempt to establish a claim using statistically insignificant examples. In which case, the merit of each ...
Nirvana fallacy (perfect-solution fallacy) – solutions to problems are rejected because they are not perfect. Package deal – treating essentially dissimilar concepts as though they were essentially similar. Prevalent proof fallacy – Using consensus or majority vote as evidence of truthfulness, often without regard for expert opinion.
In mathematics, certain kinds of mistaken proof are often exhibited, and sometimes collected, as illustrations of a concept called mathematical fallacy.There is a distinction between a simple mistake and a mathematical fallacy in a proof, in that a mistake in a proof leads to an invalid proof while in the best-known examples of mathematical fallacies there is some element of concealment or ...
continuum fallacy (fallacy of the beard) No. 21. ad nauseam: "argumentum ad nauseam" or "argument from repetition" or "argumentum ad infinitum" No. 25. style over substance fallacy; No. 28. appeal to authority; No. 31. thought-terminating cliché; No. 36. special pleading; No. 37. appeal to consequences; No. 38. appeal to motive
All that is left is the assertion that the argument is true, and it is thus the proof by assertion fallacy. The Cherry-Picking fallacy can occur within the Anecdotal fallacy if an example is used but it is not representative of the average occurrence of such a thing. Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc is another fallacy that is often paired with anecdotes.
An argument that actually contains premises that are all the same as the assertion is thus proof by assertion. This fallacy is sometimes used as a form of rhetoric by politicians, or during a debate as a filibuster. In its extreme form, it can also be a form of brainwashing. [1] Modern politics contains many examples of proofs by assertion.
John Locke (1632–1704), the likely originator of the term.. Argument from ignorance (Latin: argumentum ad ignorantiam), or appeal to ignorance, [a] is an informal fallacy where something is claimed to be true or false because of a lack of evidence to the contrary.
In propositional logic, affirming the consequent (also known as converse error, fallacy of the converse, or confusion of necessity and sufficiency) is a formal fallacy (or an invalid form of argument) that is committed when, in the context of an indicative conditional statement, it is stated that because the consequent is true, therefore the ...