'Paralogism' definitions:
Definition of 'paralogism'
(from WordNet)
noun
An unintentionally invalid argument
Definition of 'Paralogism'
From: GCIDE
- Paralogism \Pa*ral"o*gism\, n. [Gr. paralogismo`s, fr. paralogi`zesqai to reason falsely; para` beside + logi`zesqai to reason, lo`gos discourse, reason: cf. F. paralogisme.] (Logic) A reasoning which is false in point of form, that is, which is contrary to logical rules or formul[ae]; a formal fallacy, or pseudo-syllogism, in which the conclusion does not follow from the premises. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'paralogism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- argument,
- argument by analogy,
- argumentum ad baculum,
- argumentum ad captandum,
- argumentum ad hominem,
- Aristotelian sorites,
- bad case,
- begging the question,
- categorical syllogism,
- circular argument,
- claptrap,
- crowd-pleasing argument,
- dilemma,
- empty words,
- enthymeme,
- fallacy,
- figure,
- formal fallacy,
- Goclenian sorites,
- hysteron proteron,
- insincere argument,
- logical fallacy,
- material fallacy,
- mere rhetoric,
- mode,
- modus tollens,
- mood,
- moonshine,
- non sequitur,
- petitio principii,
- philosophism,
- prosyllogism,
- pseudosyllogism,
- rule,
- rule of deduction,
- solecism,
- sophism,
- sophistry,
- sorites,
- syllogism,
- verbal fallacy,
- weak point