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15 relations: Begging the question, Circular reasoning, Falsifiability, Figure of speech, Hyperbole, Law of identity, List of redundant place names, List of tautonyms, No true Scotsman, Oxymoron, Pleonasm, Redundancy (linguistics), Rhetoric, Tautology (logic), Vacuous truth.
Begging the question
Begging the question is a logical fallacy which occurs when an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion, instead of supporting it.
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Circular reasoning
Circular reasoning (circulus in probando, "circle in proving"; also known as circular logic) is a logical fallacy in which the reasoner begins with what they are trying to end with.
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Falsifiability
A statement, hypothesis, or theory has falsifiability (or is falsifiable) if it can logically be proven false by contradicting it with a basic statement.
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Figure of speech
A figure of speech or rhetorical figure is figurative language in the form of a single word or phrase.
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Hyperbole
Hyperbole (ὑπερβολή, huperbolḗ, from ὑπέρ (hupér, "above") and βάλλω (bállō, "I throw")) is the use of exaggeration as a rhetorical device or figure of speech.
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Law of identity
In logic, the law of identity states that each thing is identical with itself.
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List of redundant place names
A place name is tautological if two differently sounding parts of it are synonymous.
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List of tautonyms
The following is a list of tautonyms: zoological names of species consisting of two identical words (the generic name and the specific name have the same spelling).
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No true Scotsman
No true Scotsman or appeal to purity is an informal fallacy in which one attempts to protect a universal generalization from counterexamples by changing the definition in an ad hoc fashion to exclude the counterexample.
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Oxymoron
An oxymoron (usual plural oxymorons, more rarely oxymora) is a rhetorical device that uses an ostensible self-contradiction to illustrate a rhetorical point or to reveal a paradox.
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Pleonasm
Pleonasm is the use of more words or parts of words than are necessary or sufficient for clear expression: for example black darkness or burning fire.
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Redundancy (linguistics)
In linguistics, redundancy refers to information that is expressed more than once.
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Rhetoric
Rhetoric is the art of discourse, wherein a writer or speaker strives to inform, persuade, or motivate particular audiences in specific situations.
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Tautology (logic)
In logic, a tautology (from the Greek word ταυτολογία) is a formula or assertion that is true in every possible interpretation.
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Vacuous truth
In mathematics and logic, a vacuous truth is a statement that asserts that all members of the empty set have a certain property.
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