Logicians and lawyers use fallacy to mean incorrect argument.
Evidence
Notwithstanding its popular or lay use, exemplified by the foregoing excerpts, logicians and the legal profession generally use the term “fallacy” in a narrower sense to describe a type of incorrect argument, rather than a description of falsity or error in a statement. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 771
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 771
- XREF: connects to: 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; A formal fallacy is an argument whose conclusion could be false. — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 773; An informal fallacy fails because its premises are untrue or rules are violated — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 774 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- A fallacy is an argument that seems valid but fails logic
#expands(0.70) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 776 - A formal fallacy is an argument whose conclusion could be false.
#expands(0.50) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 773 - An informal fallacy fails because its premises are untrue or rules are violated
#expands(0.50) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 774 - An illicit major fallacy distributes an undistributed major term conclusion
#expands(0.40) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 865 - Proving a different point than the actual issue is the fallacy of irrelevance
#expands(0.40) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1012 - An illicit minor fallacy distributes an undistributed minor premise term
#expands(0.40) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 867 - Disjunctive fallacies occur through missing disjuncts or nonexclusivity of options.
#expands(0.40) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 783 - The converse fallacy of accident arises from generalizing from inadequate instances.
#expands(0.40) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1106