Useful english dictionary. 2012.
fallacy — Synonyms and related words: Albigensianism, Arianism, Catharism, Ebionitism, Erastianism, Gnosticism, Jovinianism, Lollardy, Manichaeanism, Manichaeism, Monophysism, Monophysitism, Pelagianism, Waldensianism, Wyclifism, aberrancy, aberration,… … Moby Thesaurus
Fallacy — In logic and rhetoric, a fallacy is usually incorrect argumentation in reasoning resulting in a misconception or presumption. By accident or design, fallacies may exploit emotional triggers in the listener or interlocutor (appeal to emotion), or… … Wikipedia
fallacy — /fal euh see/, n., pl. fallacies. 1. a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy. 2. a misleading or unsound argument. 3. deceptive, misleading, or false nature; erroneousness.… … Universalium
Fallacy of composition — The fallacy of composition arises when one infers that something is true of the whole from the fact that it is true of some part of the whole (or even of every proper part). For example: This fragment of metal cannot be broken with a hammer,… … Wikipedia
Fallacy of division — A fallacy of division occurs when one reasons logically that something true of a thing must also be true of all or some of its parts. An example: A Boeing 747 can fly unaided across the ocean. A Boeing 747 has jet engines. Therefore, one of its… … Wikipedia
Reification (fallacy) — Contents 1 Etymology 2 Theory 3 Difference between reification and hypostatisation … Wikipedia
formal fallacy — noun : a violation of any rule of formal inference called also paralogism; contrasted with material fallacy and verbal fallacy; compare affirmation of the consequent, denial of the antecedent, ignoratio elenchi, illicit process … Useful english dictionary
Affective fallacy — is a term from literary criticism used to refer to the supposed error of judging or evaluating a text on the basis of its emotional effects on a reader. The term was coined by W.K. Wimsatt and Monroe Beardsley as a principle of New Criticism. The … Wikipedia
Intentional fallacy — Intentional fallacy, in literary criticism, addresses the assumption that the meaning intended by the author of a literary work is of primary importance. By characterizing this assumption as a fallacy, a critic suggests that the author s… … Wikipedia
Intentional fallacy — Als intentionaler Fehlschluss oder auch intentionalistischer Fehlschluss (englisch intentional fallacy) wird in der Literaturtheorie des New Criticism eine Herangehensweise an Texte bezeichnet, die darauf abzielt, die Intention (Absicht) des… … Deutsch Wikipedia
