fallacy
51fallacy — n. (pl. ies) 1 a mistaken belief, esp. based on unsound argument. 2 faulty reasoning; misleading or unsound argument. 3 Logic a flaw that vitiates an argument. Derivatives: fallacious adj. fallaciously adv. fallaciousness n. Etymology: L fallacia …
52naturalistic fallacy — Fallacy of treating the term good (or any equivalent term) as if it were the name of a natural property. In 1903 G.E. Moore presented in Principia Ethica his open question argument against what he called the naturalistic fallacy, with the aim of… …
53fallacy fallacy — noun A fallacious judgment from the falsity of a proof to the falsity of a statement to be proved …
54masked man fallacy — Fallacy allegedly committed by Descartes, when he supposes that since he can know things about his mind while not knowing them about his body, his mind cannot be identical with his body. This, according to the charge, is like arguing that since I …
55fallacy of misplaced concreteness — See reification …
56Gambler's fallacy — The Gambler s fallacy, also known as the Monte Carlo fallacy (because its most famous example happened in a Monte Carlo Casino in 1913)[1], and also referred to as the fallacy of the maturity of chances, is the belief that if deviations from… …
57Naturalistic fallacy — The naturalistic fallacy is often claimed to be a formal fallacy. It was described and named by British philosopher G. E. Moore in his 1903 book Principia Ethica. Moore stated that a naturalistic fallacy is committed whenever a philosopher… …
58Reification (fallacy) — Contents 1 Etymology 2 Theory 3 Difference between reification and hypostatisation …
59Deductive fallacy — A deductive fallacy is defined as a deductive argument that is invalid. The argument itself could have true premises, but still have a false conclusion.[1] Thus, a deductive fallacy is a fallacy where deduction goes wrong, and is no longer a… …
60Prosecutor's fallacy — The prosecutor s fallacy is a fallacy of statistical reasoning made in law where the context in which the accused has been brought to court is falsely assumed to be irrelevant to judging how confident a jury can be in evidence against them with a …
