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Paralogism

Paralogism Meaning & Definition
Paralogism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Paralogism?

[n] an unintentionally invalid argument

Synonyms | Synonyms for Paralogism:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Paralogism: argument | argument by analogy | argumentum ad baculum | argumentum ad captandum | argumentum ad hominem | Aristotelian sorites | bad case | begging the question | categorical syllogism | circular argument | claptrap | crowd-pleasing argument | dilemma | empty words | enthymeme | fallacy | figure | formal fallacy | Goclenian sorites | hysteron proteron | insincere argument | logical fallacy | material fallacy | mere rhetoric | mode | modus tollens | mood | moonshine | non sequitur | petitio principii | philosophism | prosyllogism | pseudosyllogism | rule | rule of deduction | solecism | sophism | sophistry | sorites | syllogism | verbal fallacy | weak point

See Also | fallacy | false belief

Paralogism In Webster's Dictionary

\Pa*ral"o*gism\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to reason falsely; ? beside + ? to reason, ? discourse, reason: cf. F. paralogisme.] (Logic) A reasoning which is false in point of form, that is, which is contrary to logical rules or formul[ae]; a formal fallacy, or pseudo-syllogism, in which the conclusion does not follow from the premises.

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