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Conclusion made on the basis of one or few instances of a phenomenon
A faulty generalization is an informal fallacy wherein a conclusion is drawn about all or many instances of a phenomenon on the basis of one or a few
Faulty_generalization
Form of abstraction
validity (scientific studies) Faulty generalization Generic (disambiguation) Critical thinking Generic antecedent Hasty generalization Inheritance (object-oriented
Generalization
under headings such as relevance, ambiguity, presumption, faulty generalization, and faulty causal reasoning, although the classification and boundaries
List_of_fallacies
Argument that uses faulty reasoning
A fallacy is the use of invalid or otherwise faulty reasoning in the construction of an argument that may appear to be well-reasoned if unnoticed. The
Fallacy
Internet adage about Nazi comparisons
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Godwin's_law
Evidence relying on personal testimony
courtroom of what they observed Fallacy – Argument that uses faulty reasoning Faulty generalization – Conclusion made on the basis of one or few instances of
Anecdotal_evidence
Form of incorrect argument and informal fallacy
point out the similarity of the selection form to the fallacy of hasty generalization, in which the refutation of an opposing position that is weaker than
Straw_man
Figure of speech
Hendiadys Holonymy Hyponymy Merism Meronymy Faulty generalization (List of fallacies § Faulty generalizations) Fallacy of division Symbol From ἐκδέχομαι
Synecdoche
Type of trolling or harassment
its own sake (trolls). They can expect these haters and trolls to raise faulty arguments about the evils of cats faster than they can be rebutted (the
Sealioning
Fallacious approach to mislead an audience
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Red_herring
Internet rage incitement technique
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Rage-baiting
Fallacy regarding hypocrisy
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Tu_quoque
Misleading use of a term with multiple meanings
not a horse: An example Damer, T. Edward (21 February 2008). Attacking Faulty Reasoning: A Practical Guide to Fallacy-Free Arguments. Cengage Learning
Equivocation
Rhetorical tactic and potential fallacy
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Appeal_to_nature
Logical fallacy of inconsistency
in which an equivalence is drawn between two subjects based on flawed, faulty, or false reasoning. This fallacy is categorized as a fallacy of inconsistency
False_equivalence
Psychological defense mechanism
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Rationalization_(psychology)
Type of informal fallacy
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Motte-and-bailey_fallacy
Fallacy where validity is determined by origin
generally as "the substitution of psychology for logic." From Attacking Faulty Reasoning by T. Edward Damer, Third Edition p. 36: You're not going to wear
Genetic_fallacy
Question containing an unjustified assumption
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Loaded_question
Parable by French economist Frédéric Bastiat
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Parable_of_the_broken_window
Informal logical fallacy
Bradley Dowden explains the fallacy as an "ad hoc rescue" of a refuted generalization attempt. The following is a simplified rendition of the fallacy: Person
No_true_Scotsman
Logical reasoning method
to agree with polytheism. A false analogy is an informal fallacy, or a faulty instance, of the argument from analogy. An argument from analogy is weakened
Argument_from_analogy
Purported fallacy in explaining good reductively
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Naturalistic_fallacy
Bias in the sampling of a population
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Sampling_bias
Bias towards recently acquired information
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Availability_heuristic
Form of incorrect argument in natural language
fallacies of generalization, the false premise is due to an erroneous generalization. In the case of the fallacy of sweeping generalization, a general rule
Informal_fallacy
Management attitude for innovation or development
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Not_invented_here
Fallacy of assumption of causation based on sequence of events
1080/13869795.2017.1287292. S2CID 151401300. Damer, T Edward (1995). Attacking Faulty Reasoning: A Practical Guide to Fallacy-Free Arguments (3rd ed.). Belmont
Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc
Logical fallacy in which the conclusion provides the premise
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Circular_reasoning
Logical paradox from vague predicates
vague; moreover, representations of propositions are vague. A formal generalization of the paradoxical sorites argument is as follows: F a 1 {\displaystyle
Sorites_paradox
Idea that everyone faces consequence as they deserve
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Just-world_fallacy
Formal fallacy
February 2008). "6: Fallacies that Violate the Relevance Criterion". Attacking Faulty Reasoning: A Practical Guide to Fallacy-Free Arguments (6th ed.). Cengage
Association_fallacy
Attacking the person rather than their argument
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Ad_hominem
Formal fallacy, aka Linda Problem
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Conjunction_fallacy
Informal fallacy
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Argument_from_ignorance
Type of uncertainty of meaning where several interpretations are possible
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Ambiguity
Attempt to persuade or to determine the truth of a conclusion
syllogism, which argues from generalizations true for the most part, and induction, a form of reasoning that makes generalizations based on individual instances
Argument
Apparent, but false, correlation between causally-independent variables
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Spurious_relationship
Logic error due to ignoring the base rate
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Base_rate_fallacy
Overused, unoriginal phrase or opinion
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Cliché
Statistical fallacy
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Texas_sharpshooter_fallacy
Informal fallacy in comparing actualities with ideals
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Nirvana_fallacy
Logical fallacy
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Reductio_ad_Hitlerum
Type of informal fallacy
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Poisoning_the_well
Logical fallacy
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Argument_from_authority
Question that has a built-in supposition
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Complex_question
Mistakenly drawing statistical inference from independent events
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Gambler's_fallacy
Type of logical fallacy
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Bulverism
Informal logical fallacy
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Appeal_to_emotion
Fallacy of incomplete evidence
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Cherry_picking
Distraction technique and anti-debate tactic
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Tone_policing
Fallacy of treating an abstraction as if it were a real thing
or that water is sentient. The distinction is that a fallacy inhabits faulty reasoning, and not the mere illustration or poetry of rhetoric. Reification
Reification_(fallacy)
Fallacy that since an argument contains a logical fallacy, its conclusion must be false
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Argument_from_fallacy
Logical fallacy
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Denying_the_antecedent
Assertion without proof
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Ipse_dixit
Psychological bias towards favoring members of one's in-group
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In-group_favoritism
Fallacy of claiming the majority is always correct
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Argumentum_ad_populum
Informal fallacy
arguer fails to recognize the difference between rules of thumb (soft generalizations, heuristics that hold true as a general rule but leave room for exceptions)
Secundum_quid
Argument based on lack of statements
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Argument_from_silence
Rule of inference in predicate logic
instantiation) ∀ x ( x ≠ x ) {\displaystyle \forall x\,(x\not =x)} (Faulty universal generalization) This purports to show that ∃ z ∃ w ( z ≠ w ) ⊢ ∀ x ( x ≠ x
Universal_generalization
Formal fallacy in statistical interpretation
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Ecological_fallacy
Type of fallacious argument (logical fallacy)
(2001). "Confusion of a Necessary with a Sufficient Condition". Attacking Faulty Reasoning (4th ed.). Wadsworth. p. 150. ISBN 0-534-60516-8. Kelley, David
Affirming_the_consequent
Discussion that has continued to the point of nausea
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Ad_nauseam
Faulty deductive reasoning due to a logical flaw
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Formal_fallacy
Assumption of a single cause where multiple factors may be necessary
List of fallacies Formal fallacy, also known as non sequitur (logic) – Faulty deductive reasoning due to a logical flaw Affirming a disjunct – Formal
Fallacy_of_the_single_cause
Rhetorical argument
absent from causal slippery slopes. T. Edward Damer, in his book Attacking Faulty Reasoning, describes what others might call a causal slippery slope but
Slippery_slope
Certain type of mistaken proof
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Mathematical_fallacy
Logic founded on unproven premises
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Begging_the_question
Type of informal fallacy
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Irrelevant_conclusion
Metaphor originating from goal sports
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Moving_the_goalposts
Methods of mind manipulation, often based on logical fallacies
descriptions of these events have elements of truth, and the "big lie" generalizations merge and eventually supplant the public's accurate perception of the
Propaganda_techniques
Unclear communication
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Obfuscation
Informal logical fallacy
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Argument_from_incredulity
Informal fallacy that the truth is always a compromise
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Argument_to_moderation
Formation of beliefs based on what might be pleasing to imagine
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Wishful_thinking
Logical fallacy
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Appeal_to_fear
Logical fallacy
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Specious_reasoning
Rhetorical cliché phrase
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Think_of_the_children
Refutation of a logical fallacy
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Correlation does not imply causation
Correlation_does_not_imply_causation
Exclusive reliance on quantitative observations in decision-making
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McNamara_fallacy
Informal fallacy and propaganda strategy
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Whataboutism
Topics referred to by the same term
specific instances. Generalization may also refer to: Generalization (learning), a concept in learning theory Faulty generalization, an informal fallacy
Generalization (disambiguation)
Generalization_(disambiguation)
Fallacy of inferring on the whole from a part
parts. The fallacy of composition is related to the fallacy of hasty generalization, in which an unwarranted inference is made from a statement about a
Fallacy_of_composition
Type of logical fallacy
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Appeal_to_ridicule
Logical fallacy in which a thesis is deemed correct on the basis of tradition
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Appeal_to_tradition
Type of informal fallacy
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Double-barreled_question
Fallacy in which a word's history defines its meaning
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Etymological_fallacy
Formal fallacy about knowledge of objects
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Masked-man_fallacy
Credit for a work given to the wrong person
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False_attribution
Discrediting opponent's argument by accusing them of being a radical leftist
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Red-baiting
Rhetorical device or literal parade with grotesque costumes
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Parade_of_horribles
Philosophical expression
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Two_wrongs_don't_make_a_right
Logical fallacy
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Questionable_cause
Mathematical use of "for all" and "there exists"
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Quantifier_(logic)
Fallacy
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Fallacy_of_division
Type of informal fallacy
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Moralistic_fallacy
Threat of force to make a conclusion accepted
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Argumentum_ad_baculum
Property of predicates in linguistics and philosophy
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Vagueness
Logical fallacy
often realized. Informal logical fallacies are misconceptions derived from faulty reasoning. Informal logical fallacies use inductive reasoning and thus can
Appeal_to_the_stone
Informal fallacy
unfavourable to their point of view. Damer, T. Edward (2008). Attacking Faulty Reasoning: A Practical Guide to Fallacy-free Arguments (6 ed.). Cengage
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Male
English
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic Amhlaibh, AULAY means "heir of the ancestors."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Anglo-Norman French personal name Fau(l)ques (oblique case Fau(l)que), originally a Germanic byname meaning ‘falcon’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Fawley.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places named Farley, of which there are examples in Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, and Staffordshire, from Old English as fearn ‘fern’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. See also Farleigh, Fairley, Fairlie.Irish : reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearghaile (see Farrelly).
Girl/Female
Arabic, Australian, Muslim
Insight; Perceptive Faculty
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a medieval pet form of Paul.German : variant or derivative of Paul. Compare Poley.
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit, Tamil
Without Any Faults
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Without Fault
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Folds.Scottish : habitational name from any of various places called Faulds, as for example in Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, and Perth.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a habitational name from Fagley in West Yorkshire, so named from a dialect word feg ‘coarse grass’ + leye ‘pasture’.Altered spelling of South German Vögele, Vögeli (see Voegele) or of Vög(e)ler (see Vogeler).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from the wild boar, Middle English galte, gaute, gault (Old Norse gǫltr). Wild boars were common in the British Isles from the earliest times, and became extinct only with the clearing of the large tracts of forest which formerly covered the country; hunting them was a favorite pastime in the Middle Ages.French : from Germanic walþu- ‘wood’, ‘forest’; a topographic name for someone who lived in or near a wood, or a habitational name for someone from any of the places named with this word, for example Le Gault in Loir-et-Cher, Marne, and Eure-et-Loir.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Faddiley, a place in Cheshire, named from an Old English personal name Fad(d)a + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from any of various places named Fawley, in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Hampshire. The first is probably so named from Old English as fealu ‘fallow’ (probably used in the sense ‘fallow deer’) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’, while the last two are from either Old English fealu ‘fallow-colored’ or fealg ‘plowed land’ + lēah.
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Beyond Fault
Boy/Male
Muslim
Faculty. Power. Nature.
Male
Italian
Italian, Portuguese and Spanish form of Roman Latin Faustus, FAUSTO means "lucky."
Girl/Female
Indian, Sanskrit
Perfect; Without Faults
Girl/Female
Muslim
Insight, Perceptive faculty
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Fault-finder
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Fall.Variant spelling of German Faul.
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Male
Irish
Variant spelling of Irish Bearach, BERACH means "sharp."
Girl/Female
Arabic, French, Malaysian, Muslim
Stone; Forsaken; Wife of Prophet Ibrahim
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Lord Rama; Lord Vishnu; The Preserver
Boy/Male
Anglo Saxon
Storm.
Girl/Female
Celtic Irish American Gaelic
From Ireland.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Helping
Girl/Female
Indian, Malayalam, Sanskrit, Telugu
One who Bridges the Gap; Rays of Light; Absorbed; Goddess Durga
Girl/Female
English Spanish
Noble woman.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Chaviylah, HAVILAH means "circle." In the bible, this is the name of a part of Eden through which the river Pison flowed, and the name of a son of Cush after whom a district in Arabia was named.Â
Boy/Male
Muslim
Expert, Brave
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FAULTY GENERALIZATION
v. t.
To charge with a fault; to accuse; to find fault with; to blame.
n.
The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj.
n.
In coal seams, coal rendered worthless by impurities in the seam; as, slate fault, dirt fault, etc.
v. i.
To err; to blunder, to commit a fault; to do wrong.
n.
One who makes a practice of discovering others' faults and censuring them; a scold.
v. t.
To interrupt the continuity of (rock strata) by displacement along a plane of fracture; -- chiefly used in the p. p.; as, the coal beds are badly faulted.
a.
Liable to roll over; crank; as, a walty ship.
a.
Guilty of a fault, or of faults; hence, blamable; worthy of censure.
a.
Containing faults, blemishes, or defects; imperfect; not fit for the use intended.
n.
A body of a men to whom any specific right or privilege is granted; formerly, the graduates in any of the four departments of a university or college (Philosophy, Law, Medicine, or Theology), to whom was granted the right of teaching (profitendi or docendi) in the department in which they had studied; at present, the members of a profession itself; as, the medical faculty; the legal faculty, ect.
a.
A fault proceeding from weakness; foible; sin of infirmity.
a.
Wrong; defective; faulty.
adv.
In a faulty manner.
a.
Containing fat, or having the qualities of fat; greasy; gross; as, a fatty substance.
imp. & p. p.
of Fault
n.
A rapid in some rivers; as, the Sault Ste. Marie.
a.
Faulty; meriting blame.
v. t.
To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court.
n.
One who seeks out faults.
n.
One who commits a fault.