Fallacy Of Distribution
A
fallacy of distribution
is a
logical fallacy
occurring when an argument assumes there is no difference between a term in the
distributive
(referring to every member of a class) and
collective
(referring to the class itself as a whole) sense. There are exactly two different kinds of this fallacy:
Composition
- assumes what is true of the members is true of the class
Division
- assumes what is true of the class is true of its members
While fallacious, arguments that make these assumptions may be persuasive because of the
representativeness heuristic
.
Compare
existential fallacy
fallacy of the undistributed middle
See also
ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny
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