Converse accident


     
    Name of fallacy Converse accident
    Aliases
    Type Denial Argument, Informal Argument
    Description When an exception to a generalization is wrongly called for
    Example All swans are white. This bird looks like a swan but is not white therefore it is not a swan.
    Form 
    Treatment The exception stops the generalization being tested. This a method of rejecting evidence and denial.

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