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Fortinbras Armstrong

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3. I looked there, thanks

Reply to Galileo126 (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 20, 2013, 07:33 AM

Dec 2013

I also went to a few other sites -- TV Tropes, of all places, had a good list.

I might call it a hasty generalization, or perhaps an overgeneralization, but I'd really like something more specific.

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I need a name for a logical fallacy [View all] Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2013 OP

This link might help Galileo126 Dec 2013 #1

I looked there, thanks Fortinbras Armstrong Dec 2013 #3

Sounds like Affirming the consequent rrneck Dec 2013 #2

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