Irrelevant conclusion

What it is

Offers an argument that may be sound but proves something other than the point at issue.

Related

• Non sequitur fallacy
  Both fail to connect the premises to the claim at issue; an irrelevant conclusion proves something else, a non sequitur proves nothing.
• Red herring fallacy
  A red herring distracts from the point, while an irrelevant conclusion proves a different point altogether; both miss the issue.

References

• Wikipedia: Irrelevant conclusion 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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