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Formal fallacy

In logic and philosophy, a formal fallacy is a pattern of reasoning with a flaw in its logical structure (the logical relationship between the premises and the conclusion). A formal fallacy is contrasted with an informal fallacy. A formal fallacy must have an invalid logical form and thus be unsound. An informal fallacy, however, may have a valid logical…

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Formal fallacy → An, It, Propositional, The, This, Thus
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Formal fallacy → fallacy in which deduction goes wrong, pattern of reasoning with a flaw in its logical structure

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Formal fallacyis apattern of reasoning with a flaw in its logical structure0.90text
Formal fallacyis afallacy in which deduction goes wrong0.90text
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