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leigh47 | 12:22 Mon 22nd Sep 2008 | Phrases & Sayings
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What is the correct word that describes a saying such as: A cow is an animal with 4 legs, therefore an animal with 4 legs is a cow.
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perhaps a 'non sequitur'? It's Latin for 'it doesn't follow' - so the second part of the sentence isn't a logical continuation of the first part.
13:27 Mon 22nd Sep 2008
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I believe the word you are looking for is SYLLOGISM. I'm not that clever, it just happened to come up on QI the other night!
16:25 Mon 22nd Sep 2008
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It's called the fallacy of the undistributed middle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy_of_the_un distributed_middle
19:16 Mon 22nd Sep 2008
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syllogisms generally contain three statements rather than two
22:18 Mon 22nd Sep 2008
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As in:

1 All women are intelligent

2 Some women are ABers

3 Some ABers are intelligent
22:35 Mon 22nd Sep 2008
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Thank you all for your answers.
woofas. SYLLOGISM is the exact word I was trying to remember.
Tom Braider.Your answer about the Fallacy of the undistributed middle. and Wikipedia link is more of an answer than I expected and is EXCELANT.But will take some remembering. My mememory is not good these days.
10:30 Thu 25th Sep 2008

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