with polytheism. A false analogy is an informal fallacy, or a faulty instance, of the argument from analogy. An argument from analogy is weakened if it...

also called false dichotomy Selectively using facts (card stacking) Making false or misleading comparisons (false equivalence or false analogy) Generalizing...

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Analogy is a comparison or correspondence between two things (or two groups of things) because of a third element that they are considered to share. In...

Godwin's law (or Godwin's rule), short for Godwin's law of Nazi analogies, is an Internet adage asserting: "As an online discussion grows longer, the...

completely ignoring a large number of failures. False analogy – an argument by analogy in which the analogy is poorly suited. Hasty generalization (fallacy...

to a household taking on more debt. The analogy has been characterized by economists as misleading and false, as the functions and constraints of governments...

fallacy is the false positive paradox (also known as accuracy paradox). This paradox describes situations where there are more false positive test results...

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Argument to moderation (Latin: argumentum ad temperantiam)—also known as the false compromise, argument from middle ground, fallacy of gray, middle ground...

on the inability of the audience to have a clear view of the amount of false statements by both parts of the debate. Walton has argued that ad hominem...

normally derived English plural; or often, and incorrectly, meati, by false analogy with the very common Latin -us/-i forms (such as alumnus/alumni), i...

fallacy, even in the inductive method, when the source of the claim is a false authority, such as when the supposed authority is not a real expert, or...

argument form is with a counterexample with true premises but an obviously false conclusion. For example: If someone lives in San Diego, then they live in...

been criticized as creating a false dichotomy between the "shareholder model" and the "stakeholder model", or a false analogy of the obligations towards...

logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences toward a false conclusion. A red herring may be used intentionally, as in mystery fiction...

feature. Without this relevance, the argument constitutes a faulty or false analogy, for example: "If a child gets a new toy he or she will want to play...

The questionable cause—also known as causal fallacy, false cause, or non causa pro causa ("non-cause for cause" in Latin)—is a category of informal fallacies...

proposition (i.e., "stand up a straw man") and the subsequent refutation of that false argument ("knock down a straw man"), instead of the opponent's proposition...

past claims are inconsistent with the truth of claim X. Therefore, X is false. As a specific example, consider the following scenario where Person A and...

A false dilemma, also referred to as false dichotomy or false binary, is an informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are...

"argument" has the following form: Unfavorable information (be it true or false) about person A is presented by another (e.g. "Before you listen to my opponent...

simply the opposite of 'verifies'; and it therefore means 'shows to be false'.) Allowing that this is indeed such a counter example, he ought to withdraw;...

rate / Conjunction Double counting False analogy Slothful induction Overwhelming exception Ambiguity Accent False precision Moving the goalposts Quoting...

rate / Conjunction Double counting False analogy Slothful induction Overwhelming exception Ambiguity Accent False precision Moving the goalposts Quoting...

rate / Conjunction Double counting False analogy Slothful induction Overwhelming exception Ambiguity Accent False precision Moving the goalposts Quoting...

that a proposition is true because it has not yet been proven false or a proposition is false because it has not yet been proven true. If a proposition has...

are ignored, but similarities are overemphasized. From this reasoning, a false conclusion is inferred. This fallacy is the philosophical or rhetorical...

incommensurable, such as apples and oranges. The idiom may also indicate that a false analogy has been made between two items, such as where an apple is faulted for...

and inferring that, since it contains a fallacy, its conclusion must be false. It is also called argument to logic (argumentum ad logicam), the fallacy...