Sentence examples for by a fallacy from inspiring English sources

By a fallacy due to the form of an expression (or the ""), Aristotle apparently meant mistakes concerning a linguistic form.

Because motivated inferences result from unconscious mental processes rather than explicit reasoning, the errors in inferences cannot be exposed simply by identifying a fallacy in a reconstructed argument.

The "real America" illusion perpetuated by the right has been finally acknowledged as a fallacy by a generation that understands that our nation is a melting pot of different cultures and identities.

The notion that ICE agents are being forced into our communities by uncooperative local law enforcement is a fallacy perpetrated by Thomas Homan, ICE's acting director.

Iraq's justification for using the death penalty as a deterrent to terrorism was "clearly exposed as a fallacy" by the sharp rise in civilian casualties over the same period, Ms. Pillay noted.

But in practice, the wage fund theory was "shown to be a fallacy by the end of the 19th century," Szymanski said.

On the surface, the myth is a fallacy by the mutual exclusion of its terms: how can tragedy and suffering be rendered beautiful?

Yet in broad terms, all have been misled by a similar fallacy.

As I noted in a column on Thursday, the idea that Trump is some sort of master negotiator, or ace business tactician, is a fallacy propagated by himself.

He spews out weirdly articulate condemnations of "heart-shrinking marketing goblins and corporate warlocks" and observes that "talent is a fallacy created by gym teachers and Top 40 radio droids".

As Naomi Klein illustrates in This Changes Everything, the idea that climate change can be solved by personal responsibility alone is a fallacy (and one of the reasons why we are in this mess).