Illicit major

Illicit major – a categorical syllogism that is invalid because its major term is not distributed in the major premise but distributed in the conclusion.

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Formal syllogistic fallacies
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Affirmative conclusion from a negative premise
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Fallacy of the undistributed middle
Illicit minor
Negative conclusion from affirmative premises
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