In philosophy, correlative-based fallacies are informal fallacies based on correlative conjunctions.
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.
See also Logical conjunction Logical disjunction
References
External links Correlational fallacy in psychology