Editing Equivocation (section)

==Fallacy of four terms==
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Equivocation in a [[syllogism]] (a chain of reasoning) produces a [[fallacy of four terms]] ({{lang|la|quaternio terminorum}}). Below is an example:

: Since only man [human] is rational.
: And no woman is a man [male].
: Therefore, no woman is rational.<ref name="Damer2008" />

The first instance of "man" implies the entire human species, while the second implies just those who are male.