Monday, May 19, 2014

Fallacy Monday: Equivocation

For the previous parts in this series, see the IntroductionAd HominemStrawmanBegging the Question, and Slippery Slope articles.

The fallacy of equivocation is essentially made when you use a term in the premises in your argument in two different ways. For example, take the following argument from the linked webpage:

P1: Brad is a nobody.
P2: Nobody is perfect.
C: Therefore, Brad is perfect.

Read the rest at the Life Training Institute blog.

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