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===Overgeneralization===

===Overgeneralization===

Overgeneralization (also called hasty generalization or converse accident) is an error in reasoning which comes about by making a logical leap far greater than what the data allows. Overgeneralization follows the form:

Overgeneralization (also called hasty generalization, converse accident, or painting with too broad a brush) is an error in reasoning which comes about by making a logical leap far greater than what the data allow. Overgeneralization follows the form:

*P is Q

*P is/does Q.

*P is in R

*P is a member of the set R.

*Therefore R is Q

*Therefore, everyone/everything in the set R is/does Q.

For example: "I just read that three kids were arrested yesterday for drug possession. Teens in this country are really going downhill!"

For example: "I just read that three kids were arrested yesterday for drug possession. Teens in this country are really going downhill!"

====Proving too much====

====Proving too much====

Proving too much is a form of overgeneralization in which one attempts to use a set of premises to sustain more conclusions than he can reasonably sustain using the argument presented.

Proving too much is a form of overgeneralization in which one attempts to use a set of premises to sustain more conclusions than he can reasonably sustain using the argument presented. Proving too much includes reaching a conclusion that contradicts either things known to be true or [[stolen concept|the premises used to reach that conclusion]].  The term comes from the medieval saying, "What proves too much proves nothing."

===Proof by authority===

===Proof by authority===