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A different version of the fallacy would be to say that because all of the individual parts of an engine are properly constructed, it follows that the engine as a whole is properly constructed. In this case, the interactions ''between'' the individual parts introduce a new level of complexity and possibility for error above and beyond that which applies to the individual parts.
 
A different version of the fallacy would be to say that because all of the individual parts of an engine are properly constructed, it follows that the engine as a whole is properly constructed. In this case, the interactions ''between'' the individual parts introduce a new level of complexity and possibility for error above and beyond that which applies to the individual parts.
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In economics, the fallacy of composition explains the benefits of division of labor. An individual worker my benefit by specializing in a particular task, but it does not then follow that the economy as a whole would benefit if every worker specialized in that same task.
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In economics, the fallacy of composition explains the benefits of division of labor. An individual worker may benefit by specializing in a particular task, but it does not then follow that the economy as a whole would benefit if every worker specialized in that same task.
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The inverse of the fallacy of composition is the '''fallacy of division'''.
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The inverse of the fallacy of composition is the [[fallacy of division]].
    
[[Category: Logical Fallacies]]
 
[[Category: Logical Fallacies]]
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