"affirming the consequent" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} affirming the consequent (uncountable)
  1. (logic) A formal fallacy, committed by reasoning in the form: Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Logic, Logical fallacies
    Sense id: en-affirming_the_consequent-en-noun-gGzpz2WH Disambiguation of Logical fallacies: 26 25 25 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 24 24 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 25 25 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 25 25 25 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  2. (logic) A formal fallacy, committed by reasoning in the form: Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Logic, Logical fallacies
    Sense id: en-affirming_the_consequent-en-noun-m~fngNNQ Disambiguation of Logical fallacies: 26 25 25 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 24 24 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 25 25 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 25 25 25 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  3. (logic) A formal fallacy, committed by reasoning in the form: Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Logic, Logical fallacies
    Sense id: en-affirming_the_consequent-en-noun-egeEieMM Disambiguation of Logical fallacies: 26 25 25 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 24 24 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 25 25 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 25 25 25 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  4. (logic) A formal fallacy, committed by reasoning in the form: Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Logic, Logical fallacies
    Sense id: en-affirming_the_consequent-en-noun-fNtNi4xV Disambiguation of Logical fallacies: 26 25 25 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 24 24 24 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 26 25 25 25 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 25 25 25 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: formal fallacy Translations (fallacy): takajäsenen myöntäminen (Finnish), takajäsenen myöntö (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'fallacy': 27 24 24 24

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