http://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/09859336497580798442/notebooks/BDRQYIwoQ5M_z5vIh2008-07-09T04:59:25.480ZGlossary of selected Judgement and Decision-making, Belief-related, and other Psychology termsGoogle Notebook1110http://www.google.com/notebook/feeds/09859336497580798442/notebooks/BDRQYIwoQ5M_z5vIh/NDSVoIgoQ6OiSsbAj2008-07-09T04:46:53.544Z2008-07-09T04:59:25.480Z<div> </div> <div><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red"> </span></div> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">Fallacy</span></i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">A mistake or defect in <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDRIKIgoQl5beq_Uh"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">reasoning</font></span></a>  - especially of the sort <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDRPpIgoQ6cTE_f8h"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">likely</font></span></a> to go undetected and likely to possess a &quot;veneer&quot; of considerable <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/07491261619920101511/BDRQYIwoQndubn4si"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">persuasiveness</font></span></a> - an <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQeQIgoQle3Zq_Uh"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">argument</font></span></a> involving </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#990000;font-family:Arial">im</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQ5DIgoQneOlofgh"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">proper</font></span></a> reasoning; also the <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDSJLIgoQ6J3nt_Mh"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">conclusion</font></span></a> reached by such reasoning. Either:</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:5.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"> </span></p> <ul> <li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;color:red"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Tahoma">when it is possible for the premises - <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDRIKIgoQ8vnb1_Uh"><span style="color:#990000"><font color="#990000">reasons</font></span></a> given as providing <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQ5DIgoQiNu-mIMi"><span style="color:#990000"><font color="#990000">support</font></span></a> for a conclusion - to be <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQtPIgoQ6Lrrzvch"><span style="color:#990000"><font color="#990000">true</font></span></a>, yet the conclusion <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/07491261619920101511/BDR09IgoQ5efAyIsi"><span style="color:#990000"><font color="#990000">false</font></span></a>;</span></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"> </span></li></ul> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;color:red"><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#ee0000;font-family:Tahoma"></span></i> </p><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"></span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;color:red;font-family:Tahoma">or</span></b></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"> </span></p></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:5.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"></span></p> <ul> <li style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;color:red"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Tahoma">when the content of an <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQeQIgoQle3Zq_Uh"><span style="color:#990000"><font color="#990000">argument</font></span></a> - the <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQNsIgoQ6szzt_Mh"><span style="color:#990000"><font color="#990000">evidence</font></span></a> - </span><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:#cc0000;font-family:Tahoma">fails</span></i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Tahoma"> to <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQ5DIgoQiNu-mIMi"><span style="color:#990000"><font color="#990000">support</font></span></a> the truth, <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDSaYIgoQ896Xhewh"><span style="color:#990000"><font color="#990000">probabable</font></span></a> truth, or <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/07491261619920101511/BDSTRIgoQ06auwpYi"><span style="color:#990000"><font color="#990000">acceptability</font></span></a> of the conclusion;</span></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:Arial"> </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"> </span></li></ul></span> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"></span> </p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">Although usually leading to <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/07491261619920101511/BDR09IgoQ5efAyIsi"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">false</font></span></a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDSBsIgoQu6LlmIMi"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">erroneous</font></span></a>, or <a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&amp;q=define%3A+%22suspect%22&amp;meta"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">suspect</font></span></a> conclusions, <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDSeIIwoQh-elyY4j"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">sound conclusions</font></span></a> may sometimes be reached despite the faulty means.</span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial"> </span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">(see also: <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQeQIgoQle3Zq_Uh"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">argument</font></span></a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDRIKIgoQl5beq_Uh"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">reasoning</font></span></a>, <a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDR24IgoQ5sD6-ZYj"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">Van Gogh fallacy</font></span></a>, </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:maroon;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQ9jIgoQ6aWFv60j"><span style="color:#990000"><font face="arial,sans-serif" color="#990000">thinking error</font></span></a></span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red;font-family:Arial">)</span></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red"> </span></p> <div> <div> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0pt"><b><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red">Back to:</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;color:red"> </span></i><a href="http://www.google.com/notebook/public/09859336497580798442/BDQ2OIgoQnpe-uJki"><em><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:#ff9933;font-family:Tahoma"><font 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