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Syllogistic fallacy

 

Syllogistic fallacy

Syllogistic fallacies are logical fallacies that occur in syllogisms. They include:

Any syllogism type (other than polysyllogism and disjunctive):

  • fallacy of four terms

    Occurring in categorical syllogisms:

  • affirmative conclusion from a negative premise
  • existential fallacy
  • fallacy of exclusive premises
  • fallacy of the undistributed middle
  • illicit major
  • illicit minor

    Occurring in disjunctive syllogisms:

  • affirming a disjunct

    Occurring in statistical syllogisms (dicto simpliciter fallacies):

  • accident
  • converse accident

    External links

  • Fallacy files: Syllogistic fallacy
  • Stephen's guide: Syllogistic fallacies


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