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==''Modo hoc'' fallacy<!--linked from 'Modo hoc fallacy'-->== The ''modo hoc'' (or "just this") fallacy is the informal error of assessing meaning to an existent based on the constituent properties of its [[matter|material makeup]] while omitting the matter's arrangement.<ref name="Carrier">{{cite book |last=Carrier |first=Richard |title=Sense and Goodness Without God: A Defense of Metaphysical Naturalism |publisher=Prometheus Books |year=2005 |page=130 |isbn=1-4208-0293-3}}</ref> For instance, [[metaphysical naturalism]] states that while matter and [[Motion (physics)|motion]] are all that compose [[human]]s, it cannot be assumed that the characteristics inherent in the elements and physical reactions that make us up ultimately and solely define our meaning; for, a cow which is alive and well and a cow which has been chopped up into meat are the same matter but it is obvious that the ''arrangement'' of that matter clarifies those different situational meanings.<ref name="Carrier" />
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