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

§ 1. Introductory Remarks 377 2. Fallacies in the conversion and æquipollency of propositions 377 3. Fallacies in the syllogistic process 379 4. Fallacy of changing the premises 379

§ 1. Fallacy of Ambiguous Terms 384 2. Fallacy of Petitio Principii 396 3. Fallacy of Ignoratio Elenchi 405 [Pg xiii] BOOK VI. ON THE LOGIC OF THE MORAL SCIENCES.