Phrase Hound found 35 phrases and 2 compound words that contain fallacy. The most common are listed below. Open fallacy in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 35
- fallacy of compositionA presumption that if something is true of part(s) of a whole, then it is true of the whole itself.
- logical fallacyA fallacy; a clearly defined error in reasoning used to support or refute an argument, excluding simple unintended mistakes.
- naturalistic fallacyThe fallacious belief that something is automatically good because it is natural or automatically bad because it is unnatural.
- masked man fallacyA fallacy of inferring that since one knows (or does not know) something by one description, one must know (or not know) it by another, as in "I know who my father is. I do not know who the masked man is. Therefore, my father is not the …
- fallacy fallacyThe formal fallacy of inferring that if an argument contains a fallacy, its conclusion must be false.
- pathetic fallacyThe attribution of human thoughts and feelings to inanimate objects.
- ethnocentric fallacyThe belief that one's own ethnic group is innately superior to others and that all other groups should therefore be judged by one's own local standards.
- just-world fallacyA form of cognitive bias by which people believe that someone's actions are inherently inclined to bring morally fair and fitting consequences upon them, with good deeds rewarded and bad deeds punished.
- conjunction fallacyThe contradictory statement that the conjunction of two possibilities is more probable than one or both of those possibilities independently.
- formal fallacyA pattern of reasoning which is always wrong, due to a flaw in the structure of the argument.
- Galileo fallacyA fallacy whereby it is implied that one is correct due to being widely criticized or persecuted.
- black swan fallacyThe logical error of discounting the possibility of something because no evidence has yet been observed for it.
- sunk costs fallacyThe phenomenon where somebody justifies an increased investment of money or other resources based on the cumulative prior investment (the sunk costs), despite new evidence suggesting that the cost of continuing now outweighs the expected …
- ludic fallacyThe misuse of game when modeling real-life situations.
- association fallacya formal fallacy that asserts that properties of one thing must also be properties of another thing if both things belong to the same group
- bandwagon fallacyargumentum ad populum.
- genetic fallacyA fallacy of irrelevance where a conclusion is suggested based solely on something or someone's origin rather than its current meaning or context.
- informal fallacyA fallacy whose error cannot be represented by the symbols used in formal logic.
- intentional fallacyThe idea that an author's intentions should constrain the ways in which a text is properly interpreted, when regarded as an informal fallacy.
- logic fallacyAlternative form of logical fallacy: A fallacy; a clearly defined error in reasoning used to support or refute an argument, excluding simple unintended mistakes.
- nirvana fallacyThe informal fallacy of comparing actual things with unrealistic, idealized alternatives.
- base rate fallacyA common error in logical reasoning where an effect is attributed to an incorrect cause because the basic statistical ratios have not been taken into account.
- Monte Carlo fallacyThe fallacy, most often believed by gamblers, that a past random event influences the outcome of a future random event, that is, that a run of even numbers at roulette means that there is a greater chance of an odd number next time.
- etymological fallacyThe argument that a word is defined solely by its etymology and that its customary usage can therefore be incorrect.
- intensional fallacySynonym of masked man fallacy: A fallacy of inferring that since one knows (or does not know) something by one description, one must know (or not know) it by another, as in "I know who my father is. I do not know who the masked man is …
Compound words 2
- counterfallacyA fallacy that opposes another fallacy.
- phallusyAn erection-related myth.