Difference between revisions of "Fallacy of exclusion"

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The '''fallacy of exclusion''' is a logical fallacy where "Important evidence which would undermine an inductive argument is excluded from consideration. The requirement that all relevant information be included is called the 'principle of total evidence'."[http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/exclus.htm]
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The '''fallacy of exclusion''' is a [[logic|logical]] fallacy where "Important evidence which would undermine an inductive argument is excluded from consideration. The requirement that all relevant information be included is called the 'principle of total evidence'."[http://onegoodmove.org/fallacy/exclus.htm]
  
 
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[[Category: Logical fallacies]]

Revision as of 02:39, September 14, 2011

The fallacy of exclusion is a logical fallacy where "Important evidence which would undermine an inductive argument is excluded from consideration. The requirement that all relevant information be included is called the 'principle of total evidence'."[1]