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paralogism |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paralogism \Pa*ral"o*gism\, n. [Gr. ?, fr ? to reason falsely; ? beside + ? to reason, ? discourse, reason: cf F. paralogisme.] (Logic) A reasoning which is false in point of form that is which is contrary to logical rules or formul[ae]; a formal fallacy, or pseudo-syllogism, in which the conclusion does not follow from the premises. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: paralogism n : an unintentionally invalid argument
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