A formal fallacy can be expressed neatly in a standard system of logic, such as propositional logic, Arguments containing informal fallacies may be formally valid, but still fallacious.
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Begging the question is not considered a formal fallacy ( an argument that is defective because it uses an incorrect logically valid but unpersuasive, in that it fails to prove anything other than what is already assumed.
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Seems to me that you're dealing ( hypothetically, I hope ) with a difference of axioms, rather than a formal fallacy . talk ) 06 : 13, 21 July 2012 ( UTC)
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By extension, an argument can contain a formal fallacy even if the argument is not a deductive one; for instance an inductive argument that incorrectly applies principles of probability or causality can be said to commit a formal fallacy.
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By extension, an argument can contain a formal fallacy even if the argument is not a deductive one; for instance an inductive argument that incorrectly applies principles of probability or causality can be said to commit a formal fallacy.
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By extension, an argument can contain a formal fallacy even if the argument is not a deductive one : for instance, an inductive argument that incorrectly applies principles of probability or causality can be said to commit a formal fallacy.
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By extension, an argument can contain a formal fallacy even if the argument is not a deductive one : for instance, an inductive argument that incorrectly applies principles of probability or causality can be said to commit a formal fallacy.
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:: That's what I thought, but the intro to fallacy of four terms says that this is " the formal fallacy that occurs when a syllogism has four ( or more ) terms rather than the requisite three ".
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The forms of argument that render deductions valid are well-established, however some invalid arguments can also be persuasive depending on their construction ( inductive arguments, for example ) . " ( See also, formal fallacy and informal fallacy ) ."
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The formal fallacy of "'affirming a disjunct "'also known as "'the fallacy of the alternative disjunct "'or a "'false exclusionary disjunct "'occurs when a deductive argument takes the following logical form:
