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this fallacy is committed when TWO TERMS that DIFFER in supposition are taken as possessing ONE and the SAME meaning in an argument |
EQUIVOCATION |
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The argument is then based on words used in different meanings. |
Equivocation |
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Saint is a five-letter word Thomas Aquinas is a saint Therefore, Thomas Aquinas is a five-letter word |
Equivocation |
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Other term for Equivocation |
Fallacy of Four Terms |
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this kind of fallacy occurs due to the inability of the intellect to distinguish between the logical and the real suppositions of a term |
Equivocation |
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fallacy committed through an ambiguous use, not of terms but of a proposition or sentence It has a double meaning- leading to various interpretations |
Amphiboly |
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committed when one takes jointly what should be taken separately The conclusion infers of things COLLECTIVELY taken, which previously were taken INDIVIDUALLY. |
Composition |
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the fallacy of division concludes of things taken SEPARATELY which where previously taken COLLECTIVELY. |
Division |
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an ambiguity due to a change in accent or stress of a word The same word of the same spelling used in the same argument and leading to false inference |
Fallacy of Accent or Prosody |
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an ambiguous argument which concludes an identity or similarity in meaning from the similarity of construction or material pattern |
Fallacy of Figures of Speech |
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this fallacy consists in advancing an argument for a certain principle or rule without any sufficient reasons to support itIt makes an appeal to the prejudices and passions of the populace |
Argumentum ad populum (appeal to people) Argumentum ad populum (appeal to people) Argumentum ad populum (appeal to people) Argumentum ad populum (appeal to people) |
