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Logical fallacy   /lˈɑdʒɪkəl fˈæləsi/   Listen
Logical fallacy

noun
1.
A fallacy in logical argumentation.





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"Logical fallacy" Quotes from Famous Books



... propose, in the interests of peace and good government, to crush the enemy's aggressiveness by a purely defensive aggression, an excuse for bloodshed which only the most fanatical pacifist could confuse with Mr. Asquith's blunt watchword of "crushing German militarism." The logical fallacy of such an excuse which is almost invariably pleaded by powerful belligerents,[84] a fallacy of which no one could wish to accuse Mr. Asquith's solid intellect, lies (quite apart from any question of the priority ...
— The World in Chains - Some Aspects of War and Trade • John Mavrogordato


Words linked to "Logical fallacy" :   false belief, post hoc ergo propter hoc, petitio, post hoc, hysteron proteron, ignoratio elenchi, petitio principii, fallacy


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