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verbal fallacy

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Also known as: fallacy of ambiguity

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  • In fallacy: Verbal fallacies

    These fallacies, called fallacies of ambiguity, arise when the conclusion is achieved through an improper use of words. The principal instances are as follows: (1) Equivocation occurs when a word or phrase is used in one sense in one premise and in another…

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  • Aristotle
    In applied logic: Verbal fallacies

    One main source of temptations to commit a fallacy is a misleading or misunderstood linguistic form of a purported inference; mistakes due to this kind of temptation are known as verbal fallacies. Aristotle recognized six verbal fallacies: those due to equivocation, amphiboly, combination…

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