Fallacy

A fallacy is the use of invalid or otherwise faulty reasoning, or "wrong moves"[1] in the construction of an
argument.[2][3] A fallacious argument may be deceptive by appearing to be better than it really is. Some
fallacies are committed intentionally to manipulate or persuade by deception, while others are committed
unintentionally due to carelessness or ignorance. The soundness of legal arguments depends on the context in
which the arguments are made.[4]

Fallacies are commonly divided into "formal" and "informal". A formal fallacy can be expressed neatly in a
standard system of logic, such as propositional logic,[2] while an informal fallacy originates in an error in
reasoning other than an improper logical form.[5] Arguments containing informal fallacies may be formally
valid, but still fallacious.[6]

A special case is a mathematical fallacy, an intentionally invalid mathematical proof, often with the error subtle
and somehow concealed. Mathematical fallacies are typically crafted and exhibited for educational purposes,
usually taking the form of spurious proofs of obvious contradictions.

Contents
Overview
Systems of classification
Aristotle
Whately's grouping
Other systems of classification
Formal fallacy
Common examples
Ecological fallacy
Fallacy fork
Informal fallacy
Faulty generalization
Hasty generalization
Relevance fallacy
Argumentum ex silentio
Examples of informal fallacies
Post hoc (false cause)
Slippery slope
False analogy
Measurement fallacy
Knowledge value measurement fallacy
Intentional fallacy
Assessment: pragmatic theory
See also
 References
Further reading
Historical texts
External links

Overview
Fallacies are defects that weaken arguments. Fallacious arguments are very common and can be persuasive in
common use. They may be even "unsubstantiated assertions that are often delivered with a conviction that
makes them sound as though they are proven facts".[7] Informal fallacies in particular are found frequently in
mass media such as television and newspapers.[8] It is important to understand what fallacies are so that one
can recognize them in either one's own or others' writing. Avoiding fallacies will strengthen one's ability to
produce strong arguments.

It can be difficult to evaluate whether an argument is fallacious, as arguments exist along a continuum of
soundness and an argument that has several stages or parts might have some sound sections and some
fallacious ones.[9]

"Fallacious arguments usually have the deceptive appearance of being good arguments."[10] Recognizing
fallacies in everyday arguments may be difficult since arguments are often embedded in rhetorical patterns that
obscure the logical connections between statements. Informal fallacies may also exploit the emotional,
intellectual, or psychological weaknesses of the audience. Recognizing fallacies can develop reasoning skills
to expose the weaker links between premises and conclusions to better discern between what appears to be
true and what is true.

Argumentation theory provides a different approach to understanding and classifying fallacies. In this
approach, an argument is regarded as an interactive protocol between individuals that attempts to resolve their
disagreements. The protocol is regulated by certain rules of interaction, so violations of these rules are fallacies.

Fallacies are used in place of valid reasoning to communicate a point with the intention to persuade. Examples
in the mass media today include but are not limited to propaganda, advertisements, politics, newspaper
editorials and opinion-based “news” shows.

Systems of classification
Because of their variety of structure and application, fallacies are challenging to classify so as to satisfy all
practitioners. Fallacies can be classified strictly by either their structure or their content, such as classifying
them as formal fallacies or informal fallacies, respectively. The classification of informal fallacies may be
subdivided into categories such as linguistic, relevance through omission, relevance through intrusion, and
relevance through presumption.[11] On the other hand, fallacies may be classified by the process by which
they occur, such as material fallacies (content), verbal fallacies (linguistic), and again formal fallacies (error in
inference). In turn, material fallacies may be placed into the more general category of informal fallacies. Yet,
verbal fallacies may be placed in either formal or informal classifications; compare equivocation which is a
word or phrase based ambiguity, e. g. "he is mad", which may refer to either him being angry or clinically
insane, to the fallacy of composition which is premise and inference based ambiguity, e. g. "this must be a
good basketball team because each of its members is an outstanding player".[12]

Even the definitions of the classes may not be unique. For example, Whately treats material fallacies as a
complement to logical fallacies, which makes them synonymous to informal fallacies, while others consider
them to be a subclass of informal fallacies, like mentioned above.
Aristotle

Greek philosopher Aristotle (384 – 322 BC) was the first to systematize logical errors into a list, as being able
to refute an opponent's thesis is one way of winning an argument.[13]:2 Aristotle's "Sophistical Refutations"
(De Sophisticis Elenchis) identifies thirteen fallacies. He divided them up into two major types, linguistic
fallacies and non-linguistic fallacies, some which depend on language and others that do not.[14][15] These
fallacies are called verbal fallacies and material fallacies respectively. A material fallacy is an error in what the
arguer is talking about, while a verbal fallacy is an error in how the arguer is talking. Verbal fallacies are those
in which a conclusion is obtained by improper or ambiguous use of words.[16] An example of a language
dependent fallacy is given as a debate as to who in humanity are learners: the wise or the ignorant.[13]:3 A
language-independent fallacy is for example:

1. "Coriscus is different from Socrates."

2. "Socrates is a man."
3. "Therefore, Coriscus is different from a man."[13]:4

Whately's grouping

English scholar and theologian Richard Whately (1787 – 1863) defines a fallacy broadly as, "any argument, or
apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at hand, while in reality it is not".[13]:8

Whately divided fallacies into two groups: logical and material. According to Whately, logical fallacies are
arguments where the conclusion does not follow from the premises. Material fallacies are not logical errors
because the conclusion does follow from the premises. He then divided the logical group into two groups:
purely logical and semi-logical. The semi-logical group included all of Aristotle's sophisms except:ignoratio
elenchi, petitio principii, and non causa pro causa, which are in the material group.[17]

Other systems of classification

Of other classifications of fallacies in general the most famous are those of Francis Bacon and J. S. Mill.
Bacon (Novum Organum, Aph. 33, 38 sqq.) divided fallacies into four Idola (Idols, i.e. False Appearances),
which summarize the various kinds of mistakes to which the human intellect is prone. With these should be
compared the Offendicula of Roger Bacon, contained in the Opus maius, pt. i. J. S. Mill discussed the subject
in book v. of his Logic, and Jeremy Bentham's Book of Fallacies (1824) contains valuable remarks. See Rd.
Whateley's Logic, bk. v.; A. de Morgan, Formal Logic (1847); A. Sidgwick, Fallacies (1883) and other
textbooks.

Formal fallacy
A formal fallacy, deductive fallacy, logical fallacy or non sequitur (Latin for "it does not follow") is a flaw in
the structure of a deductive argument which renders the argument invalid. The flaw can neatly be expressed in
standard system of logic.[2] Such an argument is always considered to be wrong. The presence of the formal
fallacy does not imply anything about the argument's premises or its conclusion. Both may actually be true, or
may even be more probable as a result of the argument; but the deductive argument is still invalid because the
conclusion does not follow from the premises in the manner described.

By extension, an argument can contain a formal fallacy even if the argument is not a deductive one: for
instance, an inductive argument that incorrectly applies principles of probability or causality can be said to
commit a formal fallacy. "Since deductive arguments depend on formal properties and inductive arguments
don't, formal fallacies apply only to deductive arguments."[5]

A logical form such as "A and B" is independent of any particular conjunction of meaningful propositions.
Logical form alone can guarantee that given true premises, a true conclusion must follow. However, formal
logic makes no such guarantee if any premise is false; the conclusion can be either true or false. Any formal
error or logical fallacy similarly invalidates the deductive guarantee. Both the argument and all its premises
must be true for a statement to be true.

The term logical fallacy is in a sense self-contradictory, because logic refers to valid reasoning, whereas a
fallacy is the use of poor reasoning. Therefore, the term formal fallacy is preferred. In informal discourse,
however, logical fallacy is used to mean an argument which is problematic for any reason.

The term non sequitur denotes a general formal fallacy, often meaning one which does not belong to any
named subclass of formal fallacies like affirming the consequent.

Common examples

Ecological fallacy

An ecological fallacy is committed when one draws an inference from data based on the premise that qualities
observed for groups necessarily hold for individuals; for example, "if countries with more Protestants tend to
have higher suicide rates, then Protestants must be more likely to commit suicide."[18]

Fallacy fork

Maarten Boudry[19] and others[20] have argued that formal, deductive fallacies rarely occur in real life and that
arguments that would be fallacious in formally deductive terms are not necessarily so when context and prior
probabilities are taken into account, thus making the argument defeasible and/or inductive. Boudry coined the
term fallacy fork.[19] For a given fallacy, one must either characterize it by means of a deductive argumentation
scheme, which rarely applies (the first prong of the fork) or one must relax definitions and add nuance to take
the actual intent and context of the argument into account (the other prong of the fork).[19] To argue, for
example, that one became nauseated after eating a mushroom because the mushroom was poisonous could be
an example of the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy unless one were actually arguing inductively and
probabilistically that it is likely that the mushroom caused the illness since some mushrooms are poisonous, it is
possible to misidentify a mushroom as edible, one doesn't usually feel nauseated, etc.[19]

Informal fallacy
In contrast to a formal fallacy, an informal fallacy originates in a reasoning error other than a flaw in the logical
form of the argument.[5] A deductive argument containing an informal fallacy may be formally valid,[6] but
still remain rationally unpersuasive. Nevertheless, informal fallacies apply to both deductive and non-deductive
arguments.

Though the form of the argument may be relevant, fallacies of this type are the "types of mistakes in reasoning
that arise from the mishandling of the content of the propositions constituting the argument".[21]

Faulty generalization
A special subclass of the informal fallacies is the set of faulty generalizations, also known as inductive
fallacies. Here the most important issue concerns inductive strength or methodology (for example, statistical
inference). In the absence of sufficient evidence, drawing conclusions based on induction is unwarranted and
fallacious. With the backing of empirical evidence, however, the conclusions may become warranted and
convincing (at which point the arguments are no longer considered fallacious).

Hasty generalization

For instance, hasty generalization is making assumptions about a whole group or range of cases based on a
sample that is inadequate (usually because it is atypical or just too small). Stereotypes about people ("frat boys
are drunkards", "grad students are nerdy", "women don’t enjoy sports", etc.) are a common example of the
principle.

Hasty generalization often follows a pattern such as:

X is true for A.
X is true for B.
Therefore, X is true for C, D, etc.

While never a valid logical deduction, if such an inference can be made on statistical grounds, it may
nonetheless be convincing. This is because with enough empirical evidence, the generalization is no longer a
hasty one.

Relevance fallacy

The fallacies of relevance are a broad class of informal fallacies, generically represented by missing the point:
presenting an argument, which may be sound, but fails to address the issue in question.

Argumentum ex silentio

An argument from silence features an unwarranted conclusion advanced based on the absence of data.

Examples of informal fallacies

Post hoc (false cause)

This fallacy gets its name from the Latin phrase "post hoc, ergo propter hoc", which translates as "after this,
therefore because of this". Definition: Assuming that because B comes after A, A caused B. Sometimes one
event really does cause another one that comes later—for example, if one registers for a class, and their name
later appears on the roll, it's true that the first event caused the one that came later. But sometimes two events
that seem related in time are not really related as cause and event. That is, temporal correlation does not
necessarily entail causation. For example, if I ate a sandwich and then I got food poisoning, that does not
necessarily mean the sandwich gave me food poisoning. It is possible that I could have eaten something else
earlier that caused the food poisoning.

Slippery slope
Definition: The arguer claims that a sort of chain reaction, usually ending in some dire consequence, will take
place, but in fact there is not enough evidence for that assumption. The arguer asserts that if we take even one
step onto the "slippery slope," we will end up sliding all the way to the bottom; they assume we can't stop
halfway down the hill.[22]

False analogy

This error in reasoning occurs when claims are supported by unsound comparisons, Hence the false analogy's
informal nickname: the "apples and oranges" fallacy.[23]

Measurement fallacy
Some of the fallacies described above may be committed in the context of measurement. Where mathematical
fallacies are subtle mistakes in reasoning leading to invalid mathematical proofs, measurement fallacies are
unwarranted inferential leaps involved in the extrapolation of raw data to a measurement-based value claim.
The ancient Greek Sophist Protagoras was one of the first thinkers to propose that humans can generate
reliable measurements through his "human-measure" principle and the practice of dissoi logoi (arguing
multiple sides of an issue).[24][25] This history helps explain why measurement fallacies are informed by
informal logic and argumentation theory.

Knowledge value measurement fallacy

The increasing availability and circulation of big data are driving a proliferation of new metrics for scholarly
authority,[26][27] and there is lively discussion regarding the relative usefulness of such metrics for measuring
the value of knowledge production in the context of an "information tsunami".[28]

For example, anchoring fallacies can occur when unwarranted weight is given to data generated by metrics
that the arguers themselves acknowledge is flawed. For example, limitations of the journal impact factor (JIF)
are well documented,[29] and even JIF pioneer Eugene Garfield notes, "while citation data create new tools for
analyses of research performance, it should be stressed that they supplement rather than replace other
quantitative-and qualitative-indicators."[30] To the extent that arguers jettison acknowledged limitations of JIF-
generated data in evaluative judgments, or leave behind Garfield's "supplement rather than replace" caveat,
they court commission of anchoring fallacies.

A naturalistic fallacy can occur for example in the case of sheer quantity metrics based on the premise "more is
better"[28] or, in the case of developmental assessment in the field of psychology, "higher is better."[31]

A false analogy occurs when claims are supported by unsound comparisons between data points. For example,
the Scopus and Web of Science bibliographic databases have difficulty distinguishing between citations of
scholarly work that are arms-length endorsements, ceremonial citations, or negative citations (indicating the
citing author withholds endorsement of the cited work).[26] Hence, measurement-based value claims premised
on the uniform quality of all citations may be questioned on false analogy grounds.

As another example, consider the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index of Academic Analytics. This tool
purports to measure overall faculty productivity, yet it does not capture data based on citations in books. This
creates a possibility that low productivity measurements using the tool commit argument from silence fallacies,
to the extent that such measurements are supported by the absence of book citation data.

Ecological fallacies can be committed when one measures scholarly productivity of a sub-group of individuals
(e.g. "Puerto Rican" faculty) via reference to aggregate data about a larger and different group (e.g. "Hispanic"
faculty).[32]
Intentional fallacy
Sometimes a speaker or writer uses a fallacy intentionally. In any context, including academic debate, a
conversation among friends, political discourse, advertising, or for comedic purposes, the arguer may use
fallacious reasoning to try to persuade the listener or reader, by means other than offering relevant evidence,
that the conclusion is true.

Examples of this include the speaker or writer:[33]

1. Diverting the argument to unrelated issues with a red herring (Ignoratio elenchi)
2. Insulting someone's character (argumentum ad hominem)
3. Assume the conclusion of an argument, a kind of circular reasoning, also called "begging the
question" (petitio principii)
4. Making jumps in logic (non sequitur)
5. Identifying a false cause and effect (post hoc ergo propter hoc)
6. Asserting that everyone agrees (argumentum ad populum, bandwagoning)
7. Creating a "false dilemma" ("either-or fallacy") in which the situation is oversimplified
8. Selectively using facts (card stacking)
9. Making false or misleading comparisons (false equivalence and false analogy)
10. Generalizing quickly and sloppily (hasty generalization)

In humor, errors of reasoning are used for comical purposes. Groucho Marx used fallacies of amphiboly, for
instance, to make ironic statements; Gary Larson and Scott Adams employed fallacious reasoning in many of
their cartoons. Wes Boyer and Samuel Stoddard have written a humorous essay teaching students how to be
persuasive by means of a whole host of informal and formal fallacies.[34]

When someone uses logical fallacies intentionally to mislead in academic, political, or other high-stakes
contexts, the breach of trust calls into question the authority and intellectual integrity of that person.[35]

Assessment: pragmatic theory

According to the pragmatic theory,[36] a fallacy can in some instances be a careless error, the unintentional use
of a heuristic (short version of an argumentation scheme) to jump to a conclusion. However, in other instances
it is a tactic or ploy intentionally used inappropriately in argumentation to try to win an argument unfairly.
There are always two parties to an argument containing a fallacy—the perpetrator and the intended victim.

The dialogue framework required to support the pragmatic theory of fallacy is built on the presumption that
argumentative dialogue has both an adversarial component and a collaborative component. A dialogue has
individual goals for each participant, but also collective (shared) goals that apply to all participants. A fallacy
of the second kind is seen as more than simply violation of a rule of reasonable dialogue. It is also a deceptive
tactic of argumentation, based on sleight-of-hand. Aristotle explicitly compared contentious reasoning to unfair
fighting in athletic contest. But the roots of the pragmatic theory go back even further in history to the
Sophists. The pragmatic theory finds its roots in the Aristotelian conception of a fallacy as a sophistical
refutation, but also supports the view that many of the types of arguments traditionally labeled as fallacies are
in fact reasonable techniques of argumentation that can be used, in many cases, to support legitimate goals of
dialogue. Hence on the pragmatic approach, each case needs to analyzed individually, to determine by the
textual evidence whether the argument is fallacious or reasonable.

See also
Lists
List of cognitive biases – Systematic patterns of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment
List of fallacies – Types of reasoning that are logically incorrect
List of memory biases
List of paradoxes
All pages with titles containing Fallacy
All pages with titles containing Fallacious

Concepts

Aporia – State of puzzlement or expression of doubt, in philosophy and rhetoric

Anti-pattern – Common response to a recurring problem that is usually ineffective or
counterproductive
Argumentation theory – Study of how conclusions are reached through logical reasoning; one
of four rhetorical modes
Argument map
Association fallacy
Cognitive bias – Systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgment
Cognitive distortion – An exaggerated or irrational thought pattern involved in the onset and
perpetuation of psychopathological states
Critical thinking – The analysis of facts to form a judgment
Demagogue – political orator who panders to the audiences fears and emotions
Evidence – Material supporting an assertion
Fallacies of definition
False premise – An incorrect proposition that forms the basis of an argument
False statement
Illusion – Distortion of the perception of reality
Inference objection – Objection to an argument based on the relationship between premise and
contention
Inquiry
Jumping to conclusions
Lemma
Mathematical fallacy – A certain type of mistaken proof
Paradox – Statement that apparently contradicts itself
Prosecutor's fallacy – A fallacy of statistical reasoning typically used by a prosecutor to
exaggerate the likelihood of a criminal defendant's guilt
Sophist – Specific kind of teacher in both Ancient Greece and in the Roman Empire
Soundness – Logical term meaning that an argument is valid and its premises are true
Lies, damned lies, and statistics – Phrase describing the use of numbers to bolster weak
arguments
Truth – A term meaning "in accord with fact or reality"
Validity – Argument whose conclusion must be true if its premises are
Victim blaming – Social phenomenon

Works

Attacking Faulty Reasoning

Straight and Crooked Thinking
 Why I Do Not Attend Case Conferences

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Further reading
C. L. Hamblin, Fallacies, Methuen London, 1970. reprinted by Vale Press in 1998 as ISBN 0-
916475-24-7.
Hans V. Hansen; Robert C. Pinto (1995). Fallacies: classical and contemporary readings. Penn
State Press. ISBN 978-0-271-01417-3.
Frans van Eemeren; Bart Garssen; Bert Meuffels (2009). Fallacies and Judgments of
Reasonableness: Empirical Research Concerning the Pragma-Dialectical Discussion.
Springer. ISBN 978-90-481-2613-2.
Douglas N. Walton, Informal logic: A handbook for critical argumentation. Cambridge University
Press, 1989.
Douglas, Walton (1987). Informal Fallacies. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
Walton, Douglas (1995). A Pragmatic Theory of Fallacy. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama
Press.
Walton, Douglas (2010). "Why Fallacies Appear to Be Better Arguments than They Are" (https://
ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/informal_logic/article/download/2868/2407). Informal
Logic. 30 (2): 159–184. doi:10.22329/il.v30i2.2868 (https://doi.org/10.22329%2Fil.v30i2.2868).
John Woods (2004). The death of argument: fallacies in agent based reasoning. Springer.
ISBN 978-1-4020-2663-8.
Fearnside, W. Ward and William B. Holther, Fallacy: The Counterfeit of Argument, 1959.
Vincent F. Hendricks, Thought 2 Talk: A Crash Course in Reflection and Expression, New York:
Automatic Press / VIP, 2005, ISBN 87-991013-7-8
D. H. Fischer, Historians' Fallacies: Toward a Logic of Historical Thought, Harper Torchbooks,
1970.
Warburton Nigel, Thinking from A to Z, Routledge 1998.
Sagan, Carl, "The Demon-Haunted World: Science As a Candle in the Dark". Ballantine
Books, March 1997 ISBN 0-345-40946-9, 480 pgs. 1996 hardback edition: Random House,
ISBN 0-394-53512-X, xv+457 pages plus addenda insert (some printings). Ch.12.

Historical texts
Aristotle, On Sophistical Refutations (https://web.archive.org/web/20061004164921/http://etext.l
ibrary.adelaide.edu.au/a/aristotle/sophistical/), De Sophistici Elenchi. library.adelaide.edu.au
William of Ockham, Summa of Logic (ca. 1323) Part III.4.
 John Buridan, Summulae de dialectica Book VII.
Francis Bacon, the doctrine of the idols in Novum Organum Scientiarum, Aphorisms
concerning The Interpretation of Nature and the Kingdom of Man, XXIIIff (http://fly.hiwaay.net/%
7Epaul/bacon/organum/aphorisms1.html). fly.hiwaay.net
Arthur Schopenhauer, The Art of Controversy (http://www.gutenberg.net/1/0/7/3/10731/10731-8.
txt) | Die Kunst, Recht zu behalten - The Art Of Controversy (bilingual) (http://coolhaus.de/art-of-
controversy/), (also known as "Schopenhauers 38 stratagems"). gutenberg.net
John Stuart Mill, A System of Logic - Raciocinative and Inductive (http://www.la.utexas.edu/rese
arch/poltheory/mill/sol/). Book 5, Chapter 7, Fallacies of Confusion (https://www.laits.utexas.ed
u/poltheory/mill/sol/sol.b05.c07.html). la.utexas.edu

External links
Hansen, Hans. "Fallacies" (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/fallacies/). In Zalta, Edward N.
(ed.). Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Zalta, Edward N. (ed.). "Informal logic" (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/logic-informal/#Fal/).
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
"Fallacy" (http://www.iep.utm.edu/fallacy). Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Fallacy (https://philpapers.org/browse/fallacies) at PhilPapers
FallacyFiles.org categorization (http://www.fallacyfiles.org/taxonomy.html) of fallacies with
examples
The Fallacy Files: Informal Fallacy (http://www.fallacyfiles.org/inforfal.html)
Nikzor.org - 42 informal logical fallacies (http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/) explained by
Dr. Michael C. Labossiere (including examples)
Humbug! The skeptic's field guide to spotting fallacies in thinking (https://www.scribd.com/doc/8
009498/HUMBUG-eBook-by-Jef-Clark-and-Theo-Clark) – textbook on fallacies. scribd.com
List of fallacies with clear examples (http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/mathew/logic.html),
infidels.org
Interactive Syllogistic Machine (https://web.archive.org/web/20150515000453/http://www.thefirs
tscience.org/syllogistic-machine) A web based syllogistic machine for exploring fallacies,
figures, and modes of syllogisms.
Logical Fallacies and the Art of Debate (http://www.csun.edu/~dgw61315/fallacies.html),
csun.edu
LogicalFallacies.Info (http://www.logicalfallacies.info/)
Stephen Downes Guide to the Logical Fallacies (https://web.archive.org/web/2006100619295
6/http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/welcome.htm), onegoodmove.org
Fallacy (http://www.literarydevices.com/fallacy/) Explained at LiteraryDevices
Donald Trump:Use Of Logical Fallacies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2CxDu7jiyE)
Explain fallacies, what they are and how to avoid them (http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/fa
llacies/,)
An Informal Fallacy Primer (http://napoleta.blogspot.mx/p/an-informal-fallacy-primer.html)
LogicalFallacies.org (http://www.logicalfallacies.org/)

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