Fallacy of composition

What it is

Assumes that what is true of the parts is true of the whole.

Related

• False analogy fallacy
  Both reason from one thing's properties to another's, but the properties don't carry over.
• Fallacy of division fallacy
  These mirror each other: composition goes from parts to the whole, division from the whole to its parts.
• Ecological fallacy fallacy
  The ecological fallacy is a close relative of division: it reads group-level facts as true of individuals.

References

• Wikipedia: Fallacy of composition en.wikipedia.org
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Fallacies iep.utm.edu
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Fallacies plato.stanford.edu
• Wikipedia: List of fallacies en.wikipedia.org
• Purdue OWL: Logical fallacies owl.purdue.edu

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