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hasty generalization: a standalone construct

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Argumentation

drawing a general conclusion from too few or unrepresentative cases, reanalyzed as ignoring exceptions to a defeasible generalization.

In argumentation, hasty generalization refers to drawing a general conclusion from too few or unrepresentative cases, reanalyzed as ignoring exceptions to a defeasible generalization. This meaning comes from Walton (1999) in Argumentation.[1]

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generalization6 fields · 16 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

Walton, D. (1999). Rethinking the Fallacy of Hasty Generalization. Argumentation, 13(2), 161-182. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1026497207240

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