Undistributed Middle

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

Category: Logic

Foundational Lexiconflawed syllogism
Executive Parlancecategory error
Scholarly Discoursesyllogistic fallacy
Babel ZenithUndistributed Middle
Origin: Logic

Etymology & Meaning

A syllogism error where the middle term doesn't apply to all.

In the Boardroom

When two things share a trait doesn't mean they're related.

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