Fallacy of division

What it is

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

Related

• Stereotyping bias
  Division is the logic behind stereotypes: what is true of a group is assumed of each member.
• Fallacy of composition fallacy
  These mirror each other: composition goes from parts to the whole, division from the whole to its parts.
• Ecological fallacy fallacy
  Both infer about members from the group; the ecological fallacy does it with statistics.

References

• Wikipedia: Fallacy of division 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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