Composition Fallacy

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Logic

Foundational Lexiconparts means whole
Executive Parlanceaggregation error
Scholarly Discoursemereological confusion
Babel ZenithFallacy of Composition
Origin: Logic

Etymology & Meaning

Assuming what's true of parts is true of the whole.

In the Boardroom

'Each component is light, so the product is light.'

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