Relying on isolated phrases ripped from context commits a fallacy

Evidence

The Board’s initial contention is that, although this court has disagreed with it on the issues of comity and appropriate hospital bargaining units, we must nevertheless enforce the Board order because it is a “reasonably defensible” construction of the National Labor Relations Act. We reject this attempt to emasculate judicial review of NLRB orders by a resort to an isolated phrase taken out of its context in the Supreme Court’s opinion—a “fallacy of vicious abstraction.” — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1232

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the ‘fallacy of vicious abstraction’ - treating a quoted phrase detached from its context as authoritative.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1232
• XREF: connects to: Connecting events solely through a shared location commits an undistributed middle fallacy — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 854; An illicit minor fallacy distributes an undistributed minor premise term — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 867; 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 (+15 more)

Broader Connections

• Language enables meanings rather than passively carrying them #corroborates (0.70)
• Context alters the meaning of identical phrases in a confession #corroborates (0.60) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 268