Inverse fallacy
An (inadmissible) reversal of a logical cause-effect or of an ‘if-then’ relationship.
For example:
If an animal is a dog, then it has four legs.
This animal is not a dog.
Therefore, that this animal does not have four legs.
Other names
- Inversion error
- Fallacy of the inverse / inversion
Description
The inversion error is a synonym for the formal fallacy of denying the antecedent and is used here specifically to refer to its practical applications.
#
This page is still under development