Equivocation Fallacy - With Simple, Practical, and Philosophical Examples

The fallacy of equivocation (also called the fallacy of ambiguity) is the fallacy whereby one incorrectly reasons that a conclusion follows from a premises but if the terms in the argument were properly distinguished, the conclusion would not follow. I characterize this fallacy in terms of three conditions. Namely, one commits the fallacy when:

1. There is an ambiguous term in the argument.
2. The ambiguous terms are disambiguated when evaluating the premises so as to make the premises true (or at least reasonable)
3. The ambiguous terms are taken to have the same meaning so that the conclusion can be said to follow from the premises

** This is a reupload of an earlier video I did on the Equivocation Fallacy. I didn't like the organization of the first upload.

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Credits & Sources
* Warren, Mary Anne. 1973. “On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion.” The Monist 57 (1): 43–61.
* Overview of Mary Anne Warren's "On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion" - Julinna Oxley: https://youtu.be/4sDUoF9dAG0
* An excellent thesis on the argument by analogy: Neil, Paul E Mac. 1993. “The Fallacy of Equivocation.” McMaster University.
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