誤ご謬びゅう推すい理り

noun

fallacy; paralogism

A technical term in logic and philosophy, referring to an error in reasoning. Sometimes specifically a paralogism (a fallacy in which one does not realize the error).

• その議ぎ論ろんには誤ご謬びゅう推すい理りが含ふくまれている。

  That argument contains a fallacy.

• 哲てつ学がくの授じゅ業ぎょうで誤ご謬びゅう推すい理りについて学まなんだ。

  I learned about paralogisms in philosophy class.