Paralogism

/pəˈɹæləd͡ʒɪzəm/

Synonyms for "paralogism" (42 found)

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argumentargument by analogyargumentum ad baculumargumentum ad captandumargumentum ad hominemaristotelian soritesbad casebegging the questioncategorical syllogism

Strong matches (12)

circular argumentclaptrapcrowd-pleasing argumentdilemmaempty wordsenthymemefallacyfigureformal fallacygoclenian soriteshysteron proteroninsincere argument

Related words (21)

logical fallacymaterial fallacymere rhetoricmodemodus tollensmoodmoonshinenon sequiturpetitio principiiphilosophismprosyllogismpseudosyllogismrulerule of deductionsolecismsophismsophistrysoritessyllogismverbal fallacy
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weak point

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fallacyfalse belief

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Which is a Paralogism not admittible; a fallacy that dwels not in a cloud, and needs not the Sun to scatter it.

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