Secundum quid information

Secundum quid (also called secundum quid et simpliciter, meaning "[what is true] in a certain respect and [what is true] absolutely") is a type of informal fallacy that occurs when the arguer fails to recognize the difference between rules of thumb (soft generalizations, heuristics that hold true as a general rule but leave room for exceptions) and categorical propositions, rules that hold true universally.

Since it ignores the limits, or qualifications, of rules of thumb, this fallacy is also named ignoring qualifications or sweeping generalizations. The expression misuse of a principle can be used as well.^[1]

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Secundum quid

Converse accident

Faulty generalization

List of fallacies

Sealioning

Begging the question

Nirvana fallacy

Fallacy of composition

Straw man

Post hoc ergo propter hoc

Affirming the consequent

False equivalence

Ad hominem

Tu quoque

Texas sharpshooter fallacy

Argument from fallacy

Appeal to nature

Circular reasoning

Naturalistic fallacy

McNamara fallacy

Correlation does not imply causation

Sorites paradox

Sampling bias

No true Scotsman

Equivocation

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