Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : Undistributed middle term
The correct answer is Undistributed middle term.
- Undistributed middle term
- It is a logical fallacy.
- Also known as Maldistributed middle.
- In this fallacy, the middle term is not distributed in at least one of the arguments.
- Example: 'Some languages are difficult to learn, Sanskrit is a language, Therefore, Sanskrit is difficult to learn.’
- In this example, the middle term language is undistributed since it is a predicate of both arguments.
- Composition
- It is the reverse of the Fallacy of Division.
- In this fallacy, what is true or correct about some parts of an object, then it is applied to whole parts of the object.
- Example: Because all of the components of this car are heavy, then the car itself must also be heavy.
- Division
- It is a reverse of the Fallacy of Composition.
- In this fallacy, what is true about whole parts of an object, then it is true for the parts of the whole.
- Example: The boys in my neighborhood like to play cricket. So my new neighbor, John, will like to play cricket with them.
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