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Secundum quid (also called secundum quid et simpliciter, meaning "[what is true] in a certain respect and [what is true] absolutely") is a type of informal fallacy that occurs when the arguer fails to recognize the difference between rules of thumb (soft generalizations, heuristics that hold true as a general rule but leave room for exceptions) and categorical propositions, rules that hold ...
The fallacy of accident (also called destroying the exception or a dicto simpliciter ad dictum secundum quid) is an informal fallacy where a general rule is applied to an exceptional case. The fallacy of accident gets its name from the fact that one or more accidental features of the specific case make it an exception to the rule.
The Tunguska explosion happened in Siberia.; Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works is in Siberia.; This is a bad company to invest in because it's just going to be destroyed by a meteorite.
A dicto simpliciter ad dictum secundum quid; Ad antiquitatem; Ad hominem; Ad infinitum; Ad nauseam; Ad personam; Argumentum a fortiori; Argumentum ad antiquitatem; Argumentum ad baculum; Argumentum ad captandum; Argumentum ad consequentiam; Argumentum ad crumenam; Argumentum ad ignorantiam; Argumentum ad lapidem; Argumentum ad lazarum ...
dicto simpliciter [from] a maxim, simply: I.e. "from a rule without exception." Short for a dicto simpliciter, the a is often dropped because it is confused with the English indefinite article. A dicto simpliciter occurs when an acceptable exception is ignored or eliminated. For example, the appropriateness of using opiates is contingent on ...
secundum quid et simpliciter [what is true] according to something, [is true] absolutely "unqualified generalization" in Aristotle's Sophistical Refutations [5] sed ipse spiritus postulat pro nobis, gemitibus inenarrabilibus: But the same Spirit intercedes incessantly for us, with inexpressible groans: Romans 8:26: sed terrae graviora manent
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Chapter 13 deals with secundum quid et simpliciter. Chapter 14 deals with Ignoratio elenchi or irrelevant thesis. Chapter 15 deals with begging the question (petitio principii). Chapter 16 deals with false cause (non-causam ut causam) Chapter 17 deals with the fallacy of many questions (plures interrogationes ut unam facere)>