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The above argument using converse accident is an argument for full legal use of marijuana given that glaucoma patients use it. The argument based on the slippery slope argues against medicinal use of marijuana because it will lead to full use. [citation needed] The fallacy of converse accident is a form of hasty generalization.
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 ...
Referential fallacy [45] – assuming that all words refer to existing things and that the meaning of words reside within the things they refer to, as opposed to words possibly referring to no real object (e.g.: Pegasus) or that the meaning comes from how they are used (e.g.: "nobody" was in the room).
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.
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I added an real world example which shows that the logical fallacy of affirming the consequent is a very common one and is sometimes committed by educated people. The example I added is this: If the mind is the activity of the brain, then any serious change in the brain (from strokes, drugs, electricity or surgery) will affect the mind.
After the exchange, Hulse and her family gathered all the items and returned them to their grandma to take home. "I hope people cherish the relationships they have with their grandparents and ...
Converse accident, fallacy when a rule that applies only to an exceptional case is wrongly applied to all cases in general Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Destroying the exception .