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[[Floating Abstraction]] | ==Conceptual fallacies== | ||
[[Invalid Concept]] | |||
[[non sequitur]] | Following are examples of conceptual fallacies identified in the Objectivist theory of [[concept formation]]. | ||
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;[[Floating Abstraction]] : Ayn Rand's term for concepts detached from existents, concepts that a person takes over from other men without knowing what specific units the concepts denote | |||
;[[Frozen Abstraction]] : Substituting some one particular concrete for the wider abstract class to which it belongs | |||
;[[Invalid Concept]] | |||
;[[Package-Deal]] : Assuming that things often grouped together by tradition or culture must always be grouped that way | |||
;[[Reification of Zero]] : Regarding "nothing" as a thing, as a special, different kind of existent | |||
;[[Rewriting Reality]] : Attempting to alter the metaphysically given | |||
;[[Stolen Concept]] : Attempting to undermine the concept itself by attacking the hierarchial root(s) upon which it depend | |||
==Logical fallacies== | |||
Following are examples of common logical fallacies used in arguments. | |||
*[[ad hominem]] | |||
*[[non sequitur]] | |||
*[[Straw Man]] | |||
==External links== | |||
*[http://www.dianahsieh.com/philofiles/fallacies.html Definitions of Fallacies] by Diana Hsieh |
Latest revision as of 20:16, 3 September 2010
Conceptual fallacies
Following are examples of conceptual fallacies identified in the Objectivist theory of concept formation.
- Floating Abstraction
- Ayn Rand's term for concepts detached from existents, concepts that a person takes over from other men without knowing what specific units the concepts denote
- Frozen Abstraction
- Substituting some one particular concrete for the wider abstract class to which it belongs
- Invalid Concept
- Package-Deal
- Assuming that things often grouped together by tradition or culture must always be grouped that way
- Reification of Zero
- Regarding "nothing" as a thing, as a special, different kind of existent
- Rewriting Reality
- Attempting to alter the metaphysically given
- Stolen Concept
- Attempting to undermine the concept itself by attacking the hierarchial root(s) upon which it depend
Logical fallacies
Following are examples of common logical fallacies used in arguments.
External links
- Definitions of Fallacies by Diana Hsieh