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Glossary of Religion and Philosophy - accent (fallacy) ... Definition:; A fallacy of accent occurs when a statement creates unnecessary ambiguity because of a shift of emphasis either in spoken or written words. Examples:
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Describes and gives examples of the informal logical fallacy of accent. ... The Fallacy of Accent ... If you concluded, falsely, on the basis of the sentence, that the speaker sent the letter again, then you would have committed a fallacy of accent.
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Describes and gives examples of the informal logical fallacy of quoting out of context. ... Accent (not to be confused with Aristotle's fallacy of Accent) ... The fallacy of Quoting Out of Context is committed when a contextomy is offered as evidence in an argument. Such fallacious quoting can take two distinct forms:
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Complex question / Fallacy of interrogation / Fallacy of presupposition ... Accent is a form of fallacy through shifting meaning. In this case, the meaning is changed by altering which parts of a statement are emphasized. For example:
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Emphasis is used to suggest a meaning different from the actual content of the proposition. ... It would be illegal to give away; Free Beer! ... The first mate, seeking revenge on the captain, wrote in his journal, "The Captain was sober today." (He suggests, by his emphasis, that the Captain is usually drunk. From Copi,
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Informal Fallacy of Accent. ... Definition: Emphasis is used to suggest a meaning different from the actual content of the proposition. Accent is a form of fallacy through shifting meaning. In this case, the meaning is changed by altering which parts of a statement are emphasized.
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In this example, the premise (actually heard on a radio broadcast) could be interpreted in different ways, creating the possibility of a fallacious inference to the conclusion. Accent ... The fallacy of accent arises from an ambiguity produced by a shift of spoken or written emphasis. Thus, for example:
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accent, fallacy of ... An informal fallacy that arises from the ambiguity produced by a shift of emphasis in spoken or written language. ... accident, fallacy of {Lat. a dicto simpliciter ad dictum secundum quid}
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