A Fallacy: The Quality Of A Basketball Team

Composition Fallacy A fallacy that occurs when we assume that traits inherent in the parts are also present when the parts are combined into a whole. This fallacy occurs when we assume that if all the parts have a given quality, then the whole of the parts will have it as well. We jump to a conclusion without concrete evidence. We see this fallacy at work in the following example: All of the basketball team’s players are fast runners, high jumpers, and winners. Therefore, the team is a winner. The problem here is the individuals must work together to make the team a winner. This might very well happen, but it might not. Division A fallacy that occurs when we assume that the trait of a whole occurs when the whole is divided into its parts The opposite of the

"Every player on the team is a superstar and a great player, so the team is a great team." This is fallacious since the superstars might not be able to play together very well and hence they could be a lousy team. "Each part of the show, from the special effects to the acting is a masterpiece. So, the whole show is a masterpiece." This is fallacious since a show could have great acting, great special effects and such, yet still fail to "come together" to make a masterpiece. "Come on, you like beef, potatoes, and green beens, so you will like this beef, potato, and green been casserole." This is fallacious for the same reason that the following is fallacious: "You like eggs, icecream, pizza, cake, fish, jello, chicken, taco sauce, soda, oranges, milk, egg rolls, and yogurt so you must like this yummy dish made out of all of them." Sodium and Chloride are both dangerous to humans. Therefore any combination of sodium and chloride will be dangerous to humans. Fallacy Of Composition: assuming that a whole has the same simplicity as its constituent parts. In fact, a great deal of science is the study of emergent properties. For example, if you put a drop of oil on water, there are interesting optical