About The Word Paralogism
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Paralogism
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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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