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The fallacy of the undistributed middle (Latin: non distributio medii) is a formal fallacy that is committed when the middle term in a categorical syllogism is not distributed in either the minor premise or the major premise. It is thus a syllogistic fallacy.

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Fallacy of the undistributed middle

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The fallacy of the undistributed middle (Latin: non distributio medii) is a formal fallacy that is committed when the middle term in a categorical syllogism...

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Formal fallacy

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syllogism. The standard Aristotelian logical fallacies are: Fallacy of four terms (Quaternio terminorum); Fallacy of the undistributed middle; Fallacy of illicit...

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False dilemma

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informal fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are available. The source of the fallacy lies not in an invalid form of inference...

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List of fallacies

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affirmative premises. Fallacy of the undistributed middlethe middle term in a categorical syllogism is not distributed. Modal fallacy – confusing necessity...

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Fallacies of illicit transference

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because of the representativeness heuristic. Affirming the consequent Ecological fallacy Existential fallacy Fallacy of the undistributed middle Ontogeny...

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Argument to moderation

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known as the false compromise, argument from middle ground, fallacy of gray, middle ground fallacy, or golden mean fallacy—is the fallacy that the truth...

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Fallacy of composition

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The fallacy of composition is an informal fallacy that arises when one infers that something is true of the whole from the fact that it is true of some...

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Syllogism

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syllogistic patterns, the fallacies of invalid patterns are: Undistributed middle: Neither of the premises accounts for all members of the middle term, which consequently...

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Naturalistic fallacy

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In philosophical ethics, the naturalistic fallacy is the claim that it is possible to define good in terms of natural entities, or properties such as pleasant...

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Affirming the consequent

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Confusion of the inverse Denying the antecedent Fallacies of illicit transference Fallacy of the single cause Fallacy of the undistributed middle Modus ponens...

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Mathematical fallacy

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mathematical fallacy in a proof, in that a mistake in a proof leads to an invalid proof while in the best-known examples of mathematical fallacies there is...

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Logical reasoning

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formal fallacies are denying the antecedent, affirming a disjunct, denying a conjunct, and the fallacy of the undistributed middle. Informal fallacies are...

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Base rate fallacy

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The base rate fallacy, also called base rate neglect or base rate bias, is a type of fallacy in which people tend to ignore the base rate (e.g., general...

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Informal fallacy

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Informal fallacies are a type of incorrect argument in natural language. The source of the error is not just due to the form of the argument, as is the case...

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Texas sharpshooter fallacy

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The Texas sharpshooter fallacy is an informal fallacy which is committed when differences in data are ignored, but similarities are overemphasized. From...

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Argumentum ad populum

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the fallacy include: appeal to (common) belief appeal to popularity appeal to the majority appeal to the masses argument from consensus authority of the...

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Slippery slope

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called the slippery slope fallacy. This is a type of informal fallacy, and is a subset of continuum fallacy, in that it ignores the possibility of middle ground...

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Nirvana fallacy

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The nirvana fallacy is the informal fallacy of comparing actual things with unrealistic, idealized alternatives. It can also refer to the tendency to...

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Etymological fallacy

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An etymological fallacy is an argument of equivocation, arguing that a word is defined by its etymology, and that its customary usage is therefore incorrect...

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Conjunction fallacy

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The conjunction fallacy (also known as the Linda problem) is an inference that a conjoint set of two or more specific conclusions is likelier than any...

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McNamara fallacy

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The McNamara fallacy (also known as the quantitative fallacy), named for Robert McNamara, the US Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968, involves making...

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Straw man

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A straw man fallacy (sometimes written as strawman) is the informal fallacy of refuting an argument different from the one actually under discussion, while...

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Red herring

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told a story of having used a strong-smelling smoked fish to divert and distract hounds from chasing a rabbit. As an informal fallacy, the red herring...

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Ecological fallacy

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An ecological fallacy (also ecological inference fallacy or population fallacy) is a formal fallacy in the interpretation of statistical data that occurs...

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Fallacy of the single cause

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The fallacy of the single cause, also known as complex cause, causal oversimplification, causal reductionism, root cause fallacy, and reduction fallacy...

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Faulty generalization

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an informal fallacy wherein a conclusion is drawn about all or many instances of a phenomenon on the basis of one or a few instances of that phenomenon...

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