Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Fallacy of Many Questions

clipped from en.wikipedia.org
  • Fallacy of Many Questions or Fallacy of a Loaded Question (Plurium Interrogationum), wherein several questions are improperly grouped in the form of one, and a direct categorical answer is demanded, e.g. if a prosecuting counsel asked the defendant " What time was it when you met this man? " with the intention of eliciting the tacit admission that such a meeting had taken place. Another example is the classic line, "Is it true that you no longer beat your wife?"
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