Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET 27 June 2025 Shift 1
'Everyone of us is mortal, therefore it is obvious that some day the human race will disappear from the earth.' This argument commits which logical fallacy?
AFallacy of accident
BStraw man
CFallacy of Composition ✓ Correct
DFallacy of Division
Correct answer: (C) Fallacy of Composition — The argument moves from a property of each individual, being mortal, to a property of the whole group, the human race disappearing. Treating what is true of the parts as…
Explanation
★The argument moves from a property of each individual, being mortal, to a property of the whole group, the human race disappearing. Treating what is true of the parts as automatically true of the whole is the fallacy of composition.
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