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affirming the antecedent
In conditional reasoning, arguing validly from a hypothetical proposition of the form If p then q that, because p therefore q. For example, given the proposition If the burglars entered by the front ...
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Colwyn Williamson
The Oxford Companion to Philosophy (2 ed.)
To reason that, because he opposes the status quo and communists oppose the status quo, John must be a communist, is to commit this fallacy. In the ...
conditional reasoning
A form of logical reasoning based on conditional statements or conditional propositions having the form If p, then q, in which p is the antecedent and q is the consequent. An example is If this ...
denying the antecedent
In conditional reasoning, arguing invalidly from a hypothetical proposition of the form If p then q that, because p is false, therefore q is false. For example, given the proposition If the burglars ...
denying the consequent
In conditional reasoning, arguing validly from a hypothetical proposition of the form If p then q that, because q is false, therefore p is false. For example, given the proposition If the burglars ...
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