paralogism

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The paralogism really lies in the assumption from which Hume deduced his theory, namely, that every idea is a copy of some impression.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

Finally, according to this theory of Dr. T., he and all those who reason like him, are chargeable, I think, with a palpable paralogism they reason in a circle.

From Calvinistic Controversy Embracing a Sermon on Predestination and Election and Several Numbers, Formally Published in the Christian Advocate and Journal. by Fisk, Wilbur

He's quiet enough now, but you just wait till he gets another paralogism.

From Cobwebs from an Empty Skull by Bierce, Ambrose

This we conceive to be the boldest paralogism that ever was offered to the world, or palmed upon willing credulity.

From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by Hazlitt, William

On this dualistic basis, the ontological argument becomes a manifest paralogism, and lies open to all the objections that Kant brought against it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various