False compromise


     
    Name of fallacy False compromise
    Aliases Middle ground
    Type Inductive Argument, Informal Argument
    Description The recommendation of a position because it is a mean between two extremes
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    Form 
    Treatment Dealt with by denying the usefulness of the principle as a method of discovering the truth. In practice, this can most easily be done by showing that our own view also can be represented as a mean between two extremes.

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