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pseudoscience
an activity resembling science but based on fallacious assumptions
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logical fallacy
a fallacy in logical argumentation
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pathetic fallacy
the fallacy of attributing human feelings to inanimate objects; `the friendly sun' is an example of the pathetic fallacy
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sophism, sophistication, sophistry
a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
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paralogism
an unintentionally invalid argument
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astrology, star divination
a pseudoscience claiming divination by the positions of the planets and sun and moon
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alchemy
a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times
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hysteron proteron
the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
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ignoratio elenchi
the logical fallacy of supposing that an argument proving an irrelevant point has proved the point at issue
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petitio, petitio principii
the logical fallacy of assuming the conclusion in the premises; begging the question
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post hoc, post hoc ergo propter hoc
the logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation
