Formal Syllogistic Fallacies
Syllogistic fallacies – logical fallacies that occur in syllogisms.
- Affirmative conclusion from a negative premise (illicit negative) – when a categorical syllogism has a positive conclusion, but at least one negative premise.
- Fallacy of exclusive premises – a categorical syllogism that is invalid because both of its premises are negative.
- Fallacy of four terms (quaternio terminorum) – a categorical syllogism that has four terms.
- Illicit major – a categorical syllogism that is invalid because its major term is not distributed in the major premise but distributed in the conclusion.
- Illicit minor – a categorical syllogism that is invalid because its minor term is not distributed in the minor premise but distributed in the conclusion.
- Negative conclusion from affirmative premises (illicit affirmative) – when a categorical syllogism has a negative conclusion but affirmative premises.
- Fallacy of the undistributed middle – the middle term in a categorical syllogism is not distributed.
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