Etymology

fallacy fallacy

fal·la·cy fal·la·cy

Today it means: The formal fallacy of inferring that if an argument contains a fallacy, its conclusion must be false. Full definition →

Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

From the fact that assuming a conclusion is false because of a fallacy in the reasoning is itself a fallacy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.