ABSTRACT

Other forms of the fallacy occur when we infer that what holds of a whole must hold of its parts, or what holds of a class must hold of its members (division), or vice versa in each case (composition); e.g. that if a solid made of atoms is coloured each part must be coloured, or that if X is an aggressive country X-ians must be aggressive individuals (division), or that if each vote fails to elect the candidate all the votes fail to do so, or that if each citizen is not numerous the citizens are not numerous (composition).