Fallacy
Inversion Error
Also known as: Denying the Antecedent
- Category
- Fallacy
- Main group
- Formal Fallacy
- Subgroup
- Deductive Fallacy
- Difficulty
- medium (2/3)
- Argumentation order
- 1. Argument
Description
A false conclusion that arises as follows:
The statement
"If A, then B"
is negated and the following conclusion is drawn:
"If not A, then not B".
Example
"If a person lives in Berlin, then they live in Germany."
"Person A does not live in Berlin, therefore they do not live in Germany."
- Limitations
Related to "Confusion of the Inverse".
This fallacy can be debunked relatively easily and can therefore be avoided through education.
- See also
Confusion of the Inverse
Modus Tollens
- Opposite
Deduction