Retroductive Fallacy

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Contents 1 Synonyms 2 Explanation 3 Category 4 Subfallacies 5 Twin Fallacy 6 External Links 7 Examples in creationist arguments

Synonyms

• Abductive Fallacy
• Fallacy of Explanation

Explanation

A retroductive fallacy is a fallacy where retroduction goes wrong. Retroduction (also called abduction) means that you are trying to find which explanation is the right one for a known fact.

Category

• Informal Fallacy

Subfallacies

• Circular Explanation
• False Cause
• False Report Fallacy

Twin Fallacy

• Deductive Fallacy
• Inductive Fallacy

External Links

• Bruce Thompson: Retroduction [1]
• Bruce Thompson: Table of Fallacies [2]

Examples in creationist arguments

See also the examples in the subfallacies.