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21paralogism — /pəˈrælədʒɪzəm/ (say puh raluhjizuhm) noun 1. a piece of false or fallacious reasoning, especially (distinguished from sophism) one of whose falseness the reasoner is not conscious. 2. reasoning of this kind. {Greek paralogismos false reasoning}… …
22non sequitur — I noun anacoluthon, bad logic, circular reasoning, contradiction of terms, disconnectedness, discontinuity, fallacious argument, fallacious reasoning, fallacy, false reasoning, flaw in the argument, illogical conclusion, illogical deduction,… …
23Thomas Jefferson: Second Inaugural Address — ▪ Primary Source Monday, March 4, 1805 Proceeding, fellow citizens, to that qualification which the Constitution requires before my entrance on the charge again conferred on me, it is my duty to express the deep sense I entertain of… …
24Argument from fallacy — The argument from fallacy, also known as argumentum ad logicam or fallacy fallacy, is a logical fallacy which assumes that if an argument is fallacious, its conclusion must be false. It has the general argument form::If P, then Q.:P is a… …
25Air Force reports on the Roswell UFO incident — The two Air Force reports on the Roswell UFO incident, published in 1994/5 and 1997, form the basis for much of the skeptical explanation for the 1947 incident, the purported recovery of aliens and their craft from the vicinity of Roswell, New… …
26Fallacies — Fallacy Fal la*cy (f[a^]l l[.a]*s[y^]), n.; pl. {Fallacies} (f[a^]l l[.a]*s[i^]z). [OE. fallace, fallas, deception, F. fallace, fr. L. fallacia, fr. fallax deceitful, deceptive, fr. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}.] 1. Deceptive or false… …
27Fallacy — Fal la*cy (f[a^]l l[.a]*s[y^]), n.; pl. {Fallacies} (f[a^]l l[.a]*s[i^]z). [OE. fallace, fallas, deception, F. fallace, fr. L. fallacia, fr. fallax deceitful, deceptive, fr. fallere to deceive. See {Fail}.] 1. Deceptive or false appearance;… …
28Casuistry — Cas u*ist*ry, a. 1. The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the… …
29Paralogy — Pa*ral o*gy, n. [Gr. paralogi a; para beside, beyond + lo gos reason.] False reasoning; paralogism. [1913 Webster] …
30John Mayer — For other people named John Mayer, see John Mayer (disambiguation). John Mayer Mayer at the Mile High Music Festival on July 20, 2008 Background information …
