Look up: FALLACY

1. fallacy
   [n] - a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
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2. fallacy
   In philosophy, a type of mistake in reasoning or inference (deduction or conclusion drawn from what has been implied). In Aristotelian logic (syllogism) and in modern...
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3. Fallacy
   Fal'la·cy (făl'lȧ*sȳ) noun ; plural Fallacies (- sĭz). [ Middle English fallace , fallas , deception, French fallace , from Latin fallacia , from fallax deceitful, deceptive, ...
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4. fallacy
   false belief noun a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
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5. Fallacy
   • (n.) Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception. • (n.) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not; a sophism.
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6. fallacy
   in logic, erroneous reasoning that has the appearance of soundness. Among numerous types of logical fallacies that have been noted, some of the ... [6 related articles]
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7. fallacy
   fallacy, in logic, a term used to characterize an invalid argument. Strictly speaking, it refers only to the transition from a set of premises to a conclusion, and is distinguished from falsity, a value attributed to a single statement. The laws of syllogisms were systematically elaborated by Aristo...
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8. Fallacy
   is any unsound step or process of reasoning, especially one which has a deceptive appearance of soundness or is falsely accepted as sound. The unsoundness may consist either in a mistake of formal logic, or in the suppression of a premiss whose unacceptability might have been recognized if it had be...
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9. Fallacy
   In logic, a fallacy is when an argument is used as decisive of a particular issue, which in reality it does not decide. Properly a fallacy is a fault in the form of reasoning, but the term is applied also to faults in the substance of the argument such as the petitio principii, or proving one propos...
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10. FALLACY
    A fallacy is a mistake in reasoning. A fallacious ARGUMENT is not a VALID argument.
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11. Fallacy
    In informal logic and rhetoric, a `fallacy` is usually incorrect argumentation in reasoning resulting in a misconception or presumption. By accident or design, fallacies may exploit emotional triggers in the listener or interlocutor (e.g. appeal to emotion), or take advantage of social relationships...
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