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[filed under theme 2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 1. Fallacy ]

Full Idea

Fallacies are errors in reasoning, labelled as 'formal' if a clear rule has been breached, and 'informal' if some less precise error has been made.

Gist of Idea

Fallacies are errors in reasoning, 'formal' if a clear rule is breached, and 'informal' if more general

Source

PG (Db (ideas) [2031])


A Reaction

Presumably there can be a grey area between the two.