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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNeed your help again on a phrase/word
what is the proper word used to describe a false condition? ie The sky is blue today, it is a nice day therefore blue skies create nice days.
Sorry but this old brain just doesn't work as good anymore. dammit!
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Need your help again on a phrase/word (Original Post)
tiredtoo
Jun 2013
OP
Logically speaking, I don't think it does, but thanks anyway. I'll take a compliment....
Smarmie Doofus
Jun 2013
#8
raccoon
(31,112 posts)1. "Correlation doesn't mean causation?" nt
HardTimes99
(2,049 posts)2. "False Syllogism"? - nt
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)3. Fallacy? n/t
HardTimes99
(2,049 posts)4. You have nailed it, proving you are neither 'smarmy' nor a 'doofus' :) - nt
Buzz Clik
(38,437 posts)7. false equivalence.
A good vocabulary does not disqualify one from being either a doofus or smarmy.
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)8. Logically speaking, I don't think it does, but thanks anyway. I'll take a compliment....
... where I can get it these days.
Recursion
(56,582 posts)5. In logic class we called that a false inference, in this case "IAA"
Going from a particular affirmative major premise (I) through a universal affirmative minor premise (A) to a universal affirmative conclusion (A). You can do AAA or AII, but not IAA or IIA.
raccoon
(31,112 posts)6. Post hoc ergo propter hoc, Latin for "after this, therefore because of this",
is a logical fallacy (of the questionable cause variety) that states "Since that event followed this one, that event must have been caused by this one."
(wikipedia)
Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)9. Veritas. n/t