LessonsSophistical Syllogism: Illusory Premises, Deceptive Resemblances and FallaciesQuiz

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Such as reasoning about the non-sensible by analogy with the sensible.

The problem is not all comparison. It is transferring a feature known only in connection with sensory objects to non-sensible things as if that feature were necessarily shared. A legitimate transfer requires a relevant common ground and justification.

For example: “Every visible book has a physical location, so every intelligible meaning must occupy space like a book.” The first premise concerns a material object and the second a mental meaning. No warrant has been supplied for equating the two.

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A false transfer from sensible to non-sensible

Sophistical Syllogism: Illusory Premises, Deceptive Resemblances and Fallacies

كقياس غير المحسوس على المحسوس
Such as reasoning about the non-sensible by analogy with the sensible.

The problem is not all comparison. It is transferring a feature known only in connection with sensory objects to non-sensible things as if that feature were necessarily shared. A legitimate transfer requires a relevant common ground and justification.

For example: “Every visible book has a physical location, so every intelligible meaning must occupy space like a book.” The first premise concerns a material object and the second a mental meaning. No warrant has been supplied for equating the two.