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
A man, who was sensible of this paralogism, could never take Mr Arnold’s views on Church and Religion at all.
From Matthew Arnold by George Saintsbury
First, it contains no paralogism, no logical or psychological error, since it does not advance the supposition that the mental differs by its nature from the physical phenomenon.
From The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps by Alfred Binet
The two senses of the word "correlation" must be carefully distinguished; it would be a downright paralogism to adopt one of them in the premisses of the reasoning, and the other in the conclusion.
From Creative Evolution by Arthur Mitchell
To which Bowie, being a brother Scot, answered Scotticè, by a crafty paralogism.
From Two Years Ago, Volume I by Charles Kingsley
