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False Attribution Occurs Advocate Appeals Irrelevant Unqualified Unidentified

False attribution is a fallacy where an argument is supported by appealing to an irrelevant, unqualified, unidentified, biased, or fabricated source.

Die falsche Attribution ist ein Trugschluss, bei dem eine Argumentation durch Berufung auf eine irrelevante, unqualifizierte, nicht identifizierte, voreingenommene oder gefälschte Quelle gestützt wird.

Fallacy False attribution
Definition and Examples occurs when an advocate appeals to an irrelevant, unqualified, unidentified, biased or fabricated source in support of an argument

Tags: fallacies, logic

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