paralogism
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On this dualistic basis, the ontological argument becomes a manifest paralogism, and lies open to all the objections that Kant brought against it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
The paralogism included in the very enunciation of the parallelist thesis is explained in a memoire presented to the Geneva International Philosophical Congress in 1904.
From A New Philosophy: Henri Bergson by Vincent Benson
This we conceive to be the boldest paralogism that ever was offered to the world, or palmed upon willing credulity.
From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by William Hazlitt
He's quiet enough now, but you just wait till he gets another paralogism.
From Cobwebs from an Empty Skull by Ambrose Bierce
This is a mere paralogism; we can never infer either absolute or infinite from relative or finite.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various
