logical fallacies

Justin Keller (jkeller@merle.acns.nwu.edu)
Mon, 22 Apr 1996 13:37:39 -0500

Another reflectorite pointed out to me a mistake I made in a post in the
"Primary Literature" thread that I need to correct. In trying to
distinguish between soundness and validity, I made reference to the fallacy
of "affirming the antecedent," a fallacy which isn't a fallacy but rather
merely modus ponens. I correctly described the fallacy but mislabeled
it--I should have said "affirming the consequent."

Sorry about the mistake!
Justin Keller