Fallacy of Ambiguity

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Contents 1 Synonyms 2 Explanation 3 Category 4 Subfallacies 5 External Links 6 Examples in creationist arguments

Synonyms

• Ambiguity
• Ambiguity fallacy
• Obfuscation

Explanation

You commit this fallacy if you use a word or phrase with more than one meaning in both meanings in the same logical step.

Category

• Fallacy of Soundness

Subfallacies

• Amphiboly
• Category Error
• Equivocation
• No True Scotsman
• Quoting Out of Context
• Reification
• Shifting the Accent
• Type-Token Ambiguity

External Links

• Bruce Thompson [1]
• Fallacy Files [2]
• Agnosticism/Atheism [3]
• Stephen Downes [4]
• Global Tester [5]

Examples in creationist arguments

See also the examples in the subfallacies.