No True Scotsman

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

Category: Logic

Foundational Lexiconthey don't count
Executive Parlancedefinitional exclusion
Scholarly Discoursead hoc rescue
Babel ZenithPurity Spiral
Origin: Philosophy

Etymology & Meaning

Excluding counterexamples by redefining group membership.

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