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Encyclopedia > Syllogistic fallacy

Syllogistic fallacies are logical fallacies that occur in syllogisms. They include:


Any syllogism type (other than polysyllogism and disjunctive):

Occurring in categorical syllogisms:

Occurring in disjunctive syllogisms:

Occurring in statistical syllogisms (dicto simpliciter fallacies):

External links

  • Fallacy files: Syllogistic fallacy (http://www.fallacyfiles.org/syllfall.html)
  • Stephen's guide: Syllogistic fallacies (http://www.datanation.com/fallacies/syllog.htm)

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Fallacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2422 words)
A fallacy is a component of an argument that is demonstrably flawed in its logic or form, thus rendering the argument invalid (except in the case of begging the question) in whole.
Fallacy of Accident (also called destroying the exception or a dicto simpliciter ad dictum secundum quid) meaning to argue erroneously from a general rule to a particular case, without proper regard to particular conditions that vitiate the application of the general rule; e.g.
Fallacy of Many Questions (Plurium Interrogationum), wherein several questions are improperly grouped in the form of one, and a direct categorical answer is demanded, e.g.
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