Equivocation


     
    Name of fallacy Equivocation
    Aliases
    Type Irrelevant Argument, Formal and Informal Argument
    Description Change in the meaning of a term during the course of an argument
    Example

    A feather is light. What is light cannot be dark. Therefore, a feather cannot be dark.

    Form  
    Treatment Get the term defined or by substitute an equivalent form of words at one of the points where the term in question is used and see whether the use of this form of words will make true the other statements in which this term is used.

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