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The logical fallacy of converse accident (also called reverse accident, destroying the exception or a dicto secundum quid ad dictum simpliciter) is a deductive fallacy that can occur in a statistical syllogism when an exception to a generalization is wrongly called for. For example: The inductive version of this fallacy is called hasty generalization. See faulty generalization. This fallacy is... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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    Converse accident

    The logical fallacy of converse accident (also called reverse accident, destroying the exception or a dicto secundum quid ad dictum simpliciter) is a deductive fallacy that can occur in a statistical syllogism when an exception to a generalization is wrongly called for.
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    Converse

    A logical implication with the propositions reversed; see conversion (logic). ... Converse accident, a type of logical fallacy
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    Accident (fallacy)

    The logical fallacy of accident, also called destroying the exception or a dicto simpliciter ad dictum secundum quid, is a deductive fallacy occurring in statistical syllogisms (an argument based on a generalization) when an exception to the generalization is ignored. ... The opposing kind of dicto simpliciter fallacy is the converse accident.
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    Sophistical Refutations

    Sophistical Refutations (Latin: De sophisticis elenchis) is a text in Aristotle's Organon. ... Converse accident
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    On Sophistical Refutations

    On Sophistical Refutations (or "De Sophisticis Elenchis") is a text in Aristotle's Organon. ... Converse accident
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    Syllogistic fallacy

    Syllogistic fallacies are logical fallacies that occur in syllogisms. ... converse accident
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    Hasty generalization

    Hasty generalization is a logical fallacy of faulty generalization by reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence. ... Converse accident
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    Dicto simpliciter

    A dicto simpliciter (Latin: "from a maxim without qualification" -- meaning 'from a universal rule') or ad Dictum simpliciter (Latin: "to a maxim without qualification" -- meaning 'to a universal rule') are Latin phrases for a type of logical fallacy. ... Converse accident -- a dicto secundum quid ad dictum simpliciter (Where an acceptable exception is eliminated or simplified.) [from qualified to general]
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    List of fallacies

    This is a list of fallacies. ... Converse accident (a dicto secundum quid ad dictum simpliciter): when an exception to a generalization is wrongly called for
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    Inductive reasoning

    Inductive reasoning, also known as induction or inductive logic, is a type of reasoning that involves moving from a set of specific facts to a general conclusion. ... Two dicto simpliciter fallacies can occur in statistical syllogisms: "accident" and "converse accident".

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