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Formal Fallacies

Category ID: formal_fallacies

Definition

Structural invalidity – the logical form itself is broken.

Sub-types / Children

Affirming the Consequent Formal Fallacy Denying the Antecedent Formal Fallacy Masked Man Fallacy Formal Fallacy Fallacy of Four Terms (Quaternio Terminorum) Formal Fallacy Illicit Major Formal Fallacy Illicit Minor Formal Fallacy Fallacy of Exclusive Premises Formal Fallacy Existential Fallacy Formal Fallacy Affirming a Disjunct Formal Fallacy Negative Conclusion from Affirmative Premises Formal Fallacy Affirmative Conclusion from a Negative Premise Formal Fallacy Quantifier Shift Fallacy Formal Fallacy Modal Fallacy Formal Fallacy Illicit Conversion Formal Fallacy Undistributed Middle Formal Fallacy Illicit Transposition Formal Fallacy Fallacy of the Consequent Formal Fallacy Masked Disjunction Formal Fallacy Probabilistic Conjunction Error (Logical) Formal Fallacy Suppressed Quantifier Formal Fallacy Ontological Fallacy Formal Fallacy Intensional Fallacy Formal Fallacy Mereological Fallacy Formal Fallacy Fallacy Fallacy Formal Fallacy Denying a Conjunct Formal Fallacy Ambiguous Middle Term Formal Fallacy Non Sequitur Formal Fallacy

Hierarchical Context

→ is a Logical Fallacies ← is a Affirming the Consequent ← is a Denying the Antecedent ← is a Masked Man Fallacy ← is a Fallacy of Four Terms (Quaternio Terminorum) ← is a Illicit Major ← is a Illicit Minor ← is a Fallacy of Exclusive Premises ← is a Existential Fallacy ← is a Affirming a Disjunct ← is a Negative Conclusion from Affirmative Premises ← is a Affirmative Conclusion from a Negative Premise ← is a Quantifier Shift Fallacy ← is a Modal Fallacy ← is a Illicit Conversion ← sub type of Undistributed Middle ← sub type of Illicit Transposition ← sub type of Fallacy of the Consequent ← sub type of Masked Disjunction ← sub type of Probabilistic Conjunction Error (Logical) ← sub type of Suppressed Quantifier ← is a Ontological Fallacy ← is a Intensional Fallacy ← is a Mereological Fallacy ← is a Fallacy Fallacy ← is a Denying a Conjunct ← is a Ambiguous Middle Term ← is a Non Sequitur

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