fallacy

use of invalid or otherwise faulty reasoning in the construction of an argument
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fallacy

Summary

fallacy is a type of error[1]. fallacy ranks in the top 4% of type_of_error entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (687 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • fallacy's image is recorded as Logical Fallacies Fallacy Icon.png[3].
  • fallacy's instance of is recorded as type of error[4].
  • fallacy's instance of is recorded as deprecation[5].
  • fallacy's instance of is recorded as Wikibase reason for deprecated rank[6].
  • fallacy's GND ID is recorded as 4132069-4[7].
  • fallacy's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85046973[8].
  • fallacy's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11968702n[9].
  • fallacy's subclass of is recorded as argument[10].
  • fallacy's subclass of is recorded as error[11].
  • fallacy's has use is recorded as manipulation[12].
  • fallacy's has use is recorded as persuasion[13].
  • fallacy's Commons category is recorded as Logical fallacies[14].
  • fallacy's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 18804[15].
  • fallacy's has part is recorded as non sequitur[16].
  • fallacy's has part is recorded as informal fallacy[17].
  • fallacy's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0f3rv[18].
  • fallacy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Fallacies[19].
  • fallacy's National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID is recorded as XX532365[20].
  • fallacy's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 165[21].
  • fallacy's Library of Congress Classification is recorded as BC175[22].
  • fallacy's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 540977[23].
  • fallacy's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0183009[24].
  • fallacy's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[25].
  • fallacy's described by source is recorded as Lean Logic[26].
  • fallacy's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for fallacy include dolerophanite[28], a mineral species[29].

Why It Matters

fallacy ranks in the top 4% of type_of_error entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (687 views/month).[2] fallacy has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] fallacy is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for fallacy include dolerophanite[28], a mineral species[29].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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