Fallacies in missing disjuncts stem from omitting alternative possibilities

Evidence

Fallacies arise in the missing disjuncts: failure to include all possibilities or alternatives in the major premise. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 976

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 976
• XREF: connects to: Denying the antecedent fails because alternative conditions can produce the consequent — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 934; A disjunctive syllogism requires mutually exclusive and collectively exhaustive alternatives — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 945; A fallacy is an argument that seems valid but fails logic — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 776 (+5 more)