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fallacy of equivocation

Posted on December 23, 2012 by jburt

kerosine is fuel…

red bull is fuel…

therefore kerosine is red bull…

This might seem like a fairly obvious mistake… and the reason it’s funny here is  due to this – but the same error is found (arguably) at the centre of a number of complicated and high level philosophical arguments… Let’s have a look…

Posted in informal fallacy, Uncategorized | Tagged core, equivocation, fallacy, family guy, peter griffon

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