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From: ladkin@kestrel.ARPA (Peter Ladkin)
Newsgroups: talk.philosophy.misc
Subject: Re: Logic and Emotions
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Date: Tue, 16-Sep-86 00:22:38 EDT
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In article <711@ihlpf.UUCP>, cher@ihlpf.UUCP (Mike Cherepov) writes:
> I do not have your definition anymore, how about those: "fallacy is
> a statement based on a false or invalid inference", and
> "inference is a process of deriving a conclusion from facts or
> premises". Pulled out of the American Heritage Dictionary.

This definition is incorrect, since any statement whatever can be
the conclusion of an invalid inference: take an arbitrary statement P.
Then  *not P, therefore P* is an invalid inference. 
Hence the statement P is a fallacy according to the definition.
BTW, my edition of the AHD has no such definition.

Peter Ladkin
ladkin@kestrel.arpa