Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Alexander, PG and Aristotle
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 1. Fallacy
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Fallacies are errors in reasoning, 'formal' if a clear rule is breached, and 'informal' if more general [PG]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 2. Infinite Regress
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Not everything can be proven, because that would lead to an infinite regress [Aristotle]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 3. Question Begging
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Men are natural leaders (apart from the unnatural ones) [Aristotle]
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Question-begging assumes the proposition which is being challenged [PG]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 5. Fallacy of Composition
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'If each is small, so too are all' is in one way false, for the whole composed of all is not small [Aristotle]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 6. Fallacy of Division
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What is true of a set is also true of its members [PG]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 7. Ad Hominem
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The Ad Hominem Fallacy criticises the speaker rather than the argument [PG]
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2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 8. Category Mistake / a. Category mistakes
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The differentiae of genera which are different are themselves different in kind [Aristotle]
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