Thu Apr 12, 2018, 05:55 PM
DU Logicians, Need Help Naming a Fallacy
This came up the other day. I know well enough that it is a fallacy, put I'm having difficulty nailing down the exact name of the fallacy.
Here goes: George likes cats. Cats are animals. Therefore, George must like all animals. It seems like generalization, but examples I've been looking at don't quite match up. 
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Author | Time | Post |
 DU Logicians, Need Help Naming a Fallacy (Original post) |
ProudLib72 | Apr 2018 | OP |
| DemocratSinceBirth | Apr 2018 | #1 | |
| ProudLib72 | Apr 2018 | #7 | |
| oberliner | Apr 2018 | #2 | |
| Aristus | Apr 2018 | #3 | |
| leftieNanner | Apr 2018 | #4 | |
| triron | Apr 2018 | #5 | |
| unblock | Apr 2018 | #6 | |
| ProudLib72 | Apr 2018 | #8 | |
| unblock | Apr 2018 | #12 | |
| yonder | Apr 2018 | #16 | |
| Xipe Totec | Apr 2018 | #9 | |
| ProudLib72 | Apr 2018 | #17 | |
| Xipe Totec | Apr 2018 | #20 | |
| ProudLib72 | Apr 2018 | #21 | |
| Fortinbras Armstrong | Apr 2018 | #10 | |
| Exotica | Apr 2018 | #11 | |
| Shrek | Apr 2018 | #13 | |
| ProudLib72 | Apr 2018 | #18 | |
| janx | Apr 2018 | #14 | |
| Major Nikon | Apr 2018 | #15 | |
| ProudLib72 | Apr 2018 | #19 | |
| Wounded Bear | Apr 2018 | #22 | |
| ProudLib72 | Apr 2018 | #23 | |
| Wounded Bear | Apr 2018 | #24 |
Response to ProudLib72 (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 05:56 PM
DemocratSinceBirth (98,646 posts)
1. It's a syllogism
Response to ProudLib72 (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 05:57 PM
Aristus (61,131 posts)
3. I think that's just a straight-up logical fallacy.
Response to ProudLib72 (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 05:57 PM
leftieNanner (13,345 posts)
4. It's backwards
Response to ProudLib72 (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 06:02 PM
unblock (51,214 posts)
6. Fallacy of composition.
Response to unblock (Reply #6)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 06:16 PM
8. I thought fallacy of composition was
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Hydrogen is not wet
Oxygen is not wet Therefore H2O must not be wet Fallacy of composition is one that seems similar. Now you see my quandary? I never studied logical fallacies in a formal setting, and they all seem so appealing to me!  |
Response to ProudLib72 (Reply #8)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 06:26 PM
unblock (51,214 posts)
12. Whenever you take a property of an element of a set and attribute it to the entire set
Response to unblock (Reply #6)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 07:56 PM
yonder (8,386 posts)
16. I've been trying to learn more about informal fallacies. That would be my answer too. Dunno though.
Response to ProudLib72 (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 06:20 PM
Xipe Totec (43,668 posts)
9. You need the illustrated book of bad arguments
Response to ProudLib72 (Reply #17)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:23 PM
Xipe Totec (43,668 posts)
20. I liked it so much I gave it as a gift to my college age niece. nt
Response to Xipe Totec (Reply #20)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:28 PM
21. I just ordered a copy!
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I have a 15 year old niece who might find it useful (once I'm finished with it
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Response to ProudLib72 (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 06:24 PM
10. The only conclusion one can draw is
Response to Shrek (Reply #13)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:01 PM
18. That looks very much like my syllogism. Thanks!
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1. All dogs are mammals
2. No cats are dogs 3. Therefore, no cats are mammals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illicit_major  |
Response to ProudLib72 (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 06:29 PM
14. It is a non sequitur in the form
Response to ProudLib72 (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 06:37 PM
Major Nikon (36,141 posts)
15. You can have a lot of fun with associative logic
Response to Major Nikon (Reply #15)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:07 PM
19. Oh no! I feel a thread about tRump using associative logic coming on
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Not starting it here and now, though.
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Response to ProudLib72 (Original post)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:41 PM
Wounded Bear (54,886 posts)
22. A camel is always a mammal...
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but a mammal ain't always a camel.
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Response to Wounded Bear (Reply #22)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:45 PM
23. Fake News!
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Sometimes a camel is a cigarette!
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Response to ProudLib72 (Reply #23)
Thu Apr 12, 2018, 08:48 PM
Wounded Bear (54,886 posts)
24. Got me there...
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