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  • 61exception — Synonyms and related words: abjuration, abjurement, abnormality, adverse criticism, allowance, amazement, animadversion, anomaly, answer, argument, aspersion, astonishing thing, astonishment, bad notices, bad press, ban, bar, barring, beef, bitch …

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  • 62Ambiguity — Sir John Tenniel s illustration of the Caterpillar for Lewis Carroll s Alice s Adventures in Wonderland is noted for its ambiguous central figure, whose head can be viewed as being a human male s face with a pointed nose and pointy chin or being… …

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  • 63False dilemma — A false dilemma (also called false dichotomy, the either or fallacy, fallacy of false choice, black and white thinking, or the fallacy of exhaustive hypotheses) is a type of logical fallacy that involves a situation in which only two alternatives …

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  • 64Double-barreled question — A double barreled question (sometimes, double direct question[1]) is an informal fallacy. It is committed when someone asks a question that touches upon more than one issue, yet allows only for one answer.[2][3][4] This may result in inaccuracies …

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  • 65Cosmological argument — The cosmological argument is an argument for the existence of a First Cause (or instead, an Uncaused cause) to the universe, and by extension is often used as an argument for the existence of an unconditioned or supreme being, usually then… …

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  • 66Loaded question — A loaded question is a question which contains a controversial assumption such as a presumption of guilt.[1] Such questions are used rhetorically, so that the question limits direct replies to be those that serve the questioner s agenda.[2] The… …

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  • 67Ignoratio elenchi — Contents 1 Example 2 Red herring 3 See also 4 References …

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  • 68Begging the question — Bust of Aristotle, whose Prior Analytics contained an early discussion of this fallacy. Begging the question (or petitio principii, assuming the initial point ) is a type of logical fallacy in which the proposition to be proven is assumed… …

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  • 69Obfuscation — For the term as used in computer science, see Obfuscated code. Obfuscation (or beclouding) is the hiding of intended meaning in communication, making communication confusing, wilfully ambiguous, and harder to interpret.[citation needed] Contents… …

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  • 70Argument to moderation — Middle ground redirects here. For other uses, see Middle Ground (disambiguation). Argument to moderation (Latin: argumentum ad temperantiam, also known as middle ground, false compromise, gray fallacy and the golden mean fallacy) is a logical… …

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