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Chapter 8

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False classification   the erroneous assumption that processing the same feature or a common attribute requires that one group can be classified as part of the other group  
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affirming the consequent   the erroneous assumption that a conditional statement's antecedent is true if its consequent  
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fallacy of division   the false assumption that the properties of the whole all necessarily convey to each of its parts  
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erroneous generalization   a faulty conclusion derived from too small a sample or other sampling error  
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fallacy of composition   the erroneous assumption that all properties convey from the parts to the whole  
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denying the antecedent   the conclusion that a conditional statement's consequent is false if the antecedent is false  
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false cause   erroneously assuming that there is a casual connection between two events when there is not  
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slippery slope   the false assumption that discrete events are limked together in some significant way such that initiating the sequence must inevitably result in something bad or unwanted happening some place down the road somewhere  
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false dilemma   the erroneous assumption that a situation affords only two options, both of which are bad  
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playing with numbers   an argument that cites statistics or numbers, but does not provide sufficient information to make a good judgment about the significance of those numerical data  
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gamblers fallacy   the erroneous assumption that randow events are causally connected  
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false reference   the false assumption that all people and all descriptions for particlar objects are interchangable  
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