Existential fallacy
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Existential fallacy
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The existential fallacy, or existential instantiation, is a formal fallacy. In the existential fallacy, one presupposes that a class has members when one is not supposed to do so; i.e., when one should not assume existential import. Not to be confused with the 'Affirming the consequent', as in "If A, then B. B. Therefore A". One example would be: "Every unicorn has a horn on its forehead". It does not imply that there are any unicorns at all in the world, and thus it cannot be assumed that, if t
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Type of formal fallacy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existential_fallacy
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2024-01-20T13:25:27Z
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