The fallacy of the undistributed middle occurs when the middle term in both premises of a syllogism is not distributed, leading to invalid conclusions.
Der Trugschluss des undistribuierten Mittelbegriffs tritt auf, wenn der Mittelbegriff in beiden Prämissen eines Syllogismus nicht verteilt ist, was zu ungültigen Schlussfolgerungen führt.
| Fallacy | Fallacy of confusing neccesary conditions for neccesary and sufficient conditions. Fallacy of the undistributed middle |
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| Definition and Examples | All students carry backpacks. My grandfather carries a backpack. Therefore, my grandfather is a student. "money is green trees are green so money must grow on trees." As the politician's syllogism: We must do something This is something Therefore, we must do this. |
Tags: fallacies, logic
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