CHAPTER V

. _Fallacies of Generalization._

§ 1. Character of the class 356

2. Certain kinds of generalization must always be groundless 356

3. Attempts to resolve phenomena radically different into the same 357

4. Fallacy of mistaking empirical for causal laws 359

5. _Post hoc, ergo propter hoc_; and the deductive fallacy corresponding to it 364

6. Fallacy of False Analogies 366

7. Function of metaphors in reasoning 373

8. How fallacies of generalization grow out of bad classification 375

##