False Dilemma
September 22nd, 2009
False Dilemma
classification : informal – fallacies of distraction
An error of presumption in which one ignores all other reasonable alternatives.
Foundations
Failing to state a range of options; an incomplete argument sometimes predicated on extremes.
Examples
Someone who labels other people as all good or all bad.
Every person is either part of the problem, or part of the solution.
My country right or wrong.
Other Names
either-or
black and white fallacy
Stacking the deck
Hobson’s Choice
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