Correlative-based fallacies

Correlative conjunctions

A correlative conjunction is a relationship between two statements where one must be false and the other true. In formal logic this is known as the exclusive or relationship; traditionally, terms between which this relationship exists have been called contradictories.

Examples

In the following example, statement b explicitly negates statement a:

Statements can also be mutually exclusive, without explicitly negating each other as in the following example:

Fallacies

Fallacies based on correlatives include:

;False dilemma or false correlative. :Here something which is not a correlative is treated as a correlative, excluding some other possibility. ;Denying the correlative :where an attempt is made to introduce another option into a true correlative. ;Suppressed correlative :where the definitions of a correlative are changed so that one of the options includes the other, making one option impossible.

References

References

1. Jenicek, M.. (2018). "How to Think in Medicine: Reasoning, Decision Making, and Communication in Health Sciences and Professions". Taylor & Francis.