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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR
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To: louisebaltimore who wrote (1158)1/13/2003 4:27:44 PM
From: zonder  Read Replies (1) of 25898
 
The WTC was attacked by Arabs. Iraqis are Arabs.

Let me familiarize you with a logical fallacy called "Undistributed Middle":

Definition:
The middle term in the premises of a standard form categorical syllogism never refers to all of the members of the category it describes.

Examples:
(i) All Russians were revolutionists, and all anarchists were revolutionist, therefore, all anarchists were Russians.

The middle term is 'revolutionist'. While both Russians and anarchists share the common property of being revolutionist, they may be separate groups of revolutionists, and so we cannot conclude that anarchists are otherwise the same as Russians in any way. Example from Copi and Cohen, 208.

(ii) All trespassers are shot, and someone was shot, therefore, someone was a trespasser.

The middle term is 'shot'. While 'someone' and 'trespassers' may share the property of being shot, it doesn't follow that the someone in question was a trespasser; he may have been the victim of a mugging.

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