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{{Short description|Fallacy that since an argument contains a logical fallacy, its conclusion must be false}} '''Argument from fallacy''' is the [[formal fallacy]] of [[philosophical analysis|analyzing]] an [[argument]] and inferring that, since it contains a fallacy, its ''conclusion'' must be false.<ref>{{Cite web |last=K. S. Pope |year=2003 |title=Common Logical Fallacies in Psychology: 26 Types & Examples |url=http://kspope.com/fallacies/fallacies.php |series=Fallacies & Pitfalls in Psychology}}</ref> It is also called '''argument to logic''' ('''''argumentum ad logicam'''''), the '''fallacy fallacy''',<ref>{{Cite book |last=Burkle-Young |first=F. A. |title=The research guide for the digital age |last2=Maley |first2=S. |publisher=University Press of America |year=1997 |isbn=978-0-7618-0779-7 |page=324}}</ref> the '''fallacist's fallacy''',<ref name="ff" /> and the '''bad reasons fallacy'''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Warburton |first=Nigel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HF6nEOdfZmIC |title=Thinking from A to Z |publisher=Routledge |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-4154-3371-6 |page=25 |access-date=10 August 2013}}</ref>
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