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Equivocation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Equivocation is classified as both a formal and informal fallacy. It is the misleading use of a term with more than one meaning or sense (by glossing over which meaning is intended at a particular ti...
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My favorite example of equivocation comes from my graduate logic professor, Dr. Johnstone (Penn State): ... A still more serious example of equivocation comes in the debate among religious communities over abortion. See Judaism vs. Christianity: Hebrew vs. Greek texts as the source of divergent teachings on abortion...
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Here's some easy and humorous examples of equivocation: ... Can you explain precisely how the equivocation happens? More cases of equivocation as well as detailed analyses can be found at Equivocation by Professor Charles Ess:
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Equivocation is the use of more than one definition of a word or phrase so that a faulty conclusion is reached. This includes using a definition of a word in a quotation that is not the definite that the author intended.
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Logical Fallacies FAQ - Fallacies of Ambiguity explained, with examples: Equivocation ... Fallacy Name: Fallacy of Equivocation ... The term equivocation comes from the Latin terms equi (equal) and vox (voice) - and means "with equal voice". When a term is used univocally in an argument, it always has the same meaning,
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Fallacies of Logical Structure: Equivocation ... The fallacy of equivocation occurs when a word switches meaning in the middle of an argument - when it expresses one concept in one premise and another concept in another premise or in the conclusion.
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Definition of equivocate from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary with audio pronunciations, thesaurus, Word of the Day, and word games. ... MLA Style; "equivocate." Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary. 2009. ... Britannica Online Encyclopedia...
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