====== (Fallacies of) generalization ======

Various forms of [[fallacies:index|fallacies]] where generalizing conclusions are drawn on the basis of inaccurate or insufficient information, or where general statements are //illicitly// applied to specific situations.

FIXME **This topic is still work in progress and therefore incomplete.** 

===== In this topic =====

  * [[generalization:hasty|Hasty generalization]] – when a general rule is established on the basis of (too) few examples.

  * The [[generalization:naturalistic_fallacy|naturalistic fallacy]] consists in deducting how things //ought to be// from what they //are// at the moment.

  * [[generalization:overwhelming_exception|Overwhelming exception]] – when such broad exceptions to a claim exist that the original statement no longer has any meaningful scope.

  * The [[generalization:mereological_fallacy|mereological fallacy]] consists of attributing properties of a complex system to one of its components.

  * The [[generalization:accident_fallacy|accident fallacy]] consists of ignoring an exception that breaks the general rule, even though there are reasons to apply the exception in that specific case.

===== See also =====

  * [[logic:emergence:index|Fallacies of emergence]]
    * [[logic:emergence:division|Fallacy of division]]
    * [[logic:emergence:composition|Fallacy of composition]]

  * [[ambiguity:index|Ambiguity fallacy]]
    * [[ambiguity:intensional_fallacy|Intensional fallacy]]
    * [[ambiguity:syntactic:index|Syntactic ambiguity]]
      * [[ambiguity:syntactic:generic_generalization|Generic generalization]]
    * [[ambiguity:motte-and-bailey|Motte-and-Bailey fallacy]]

  * [[mathematics:statistics:interpretation:ecological_fallacy|Ecological fallacy]]

===== More information =====

  * [[wp>Faulty generalization]] on //Wikipedia//