Single Idea 21697

[catalogued under 2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 1. Fallacy]

Full Idea

The Struthionic Fallacy is that of burying one's head in the sand [which I name from the Greek for 'ostrich']

Gist of Idea

The Struthionic Fallacy is that of burying one's head in the sand

Source

Willard Quine (Lecture on Nominalism [1946], §4)

Book Reference

'Oxford Studies in Metaphysics vol.4', ed/tr. Zimmerman,Dean W. [OUP 2008], p.9


A Reaction

David Armstrong said this is the the fallacy involved in a denial of universals. Quine is accusing Carnap and co. of the fallacy.