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Single Idea 7414
[filed under theme 2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 6. Fallacy of Division
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Full Idea
The fallacy of division is the claim that what is true of a set must therefore be true of its members.
Gist of Idea
What is true of a set is also true of its members
Source
PG (Db (ideas) [2031])
A Reaction
Clearly a fallacy, but if you only accept sets which are rational, then there is always a reason why a particular is a member of a set, and you can infer facts about particulars from the nature of the set
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What is true of a set is also true of its members
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The Ad Hominem Fallacy criticises the speaker rather than the argument
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3876
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7734
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7735
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Maybe a frog's brain events for fear are functionally like ours, but not phenomenally
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3877
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3874
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