'A line is composed of points. Points have no length. Therefore a line has no length.' Which informal fallacy is committed in this statement?
AFallacy of composition ✓ Correct
BEquivocation
CHasty generalisation
DSlippery slope
Correct answer: (A) Fallacy of composition
Explanation
The argument commits the fallacy of composition.
It reasons that because each point has no length, the line made of points can have no length.
A property of the individual parts is transferred to the whole they compose.
What is true of every part need not be true of the whole taken together.
Length can emerge from the arrangement of countless lengthless points.
Inferring a trait of the whole from a trait of its parts is the fallacy of composition.
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