Timeline for What kind of fallacy is "X have this property, Y have this property too, so Y is X"?
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| Jun 24, 2021 at 16:42 | vote | accept | David | ||
| Jun 23, 2021 at 20:45 | comment | added | David Gudeman | This is not the fallacy of composition. The fallacy of the question is "all X's are P and all Y's are P so all Y's are X's. The fallacy of composition is "all parts of x are P so x is P". | |
| Jun 23, 2021 at 20:21 | comment | added | Logikal | This is called the fallacy of composition. Take an extreme example: "All tables are made from wood and this toy is made from wood. Therefore this wooden toy was made from a table!" There are multiple fallacies there actually but you see the point. Another one: Because human being DNA is 99.99 percent identical to Chimpanzee DNA doesn't mean human beings are chimpanzees correct? Another version is "this folding chair is made of metal. Therefore every part of the folding chair must also be made from metal. Well is the seat cushion also made of metal? Seems that would not be comfortable. :) | |
| Jun 23, 2021 at 20:16 | answer | added | Deschele Schilder | timeline score: -1 | |
| Jun 23, 2021 at 16:12 | answer | added | Mauro ALLEGRANZA | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 23, 2021 at 16:11 | history | edited | Mauro ALLEGRANZA | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 23, 2021 at 16:03 | history | asked | David | CC BY-SA 4.0 |