Talk:Dicto simpliciter

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Plagerized from here: http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Dicto_simpliciter

That is a Wikipedia mirror site. - AdelaMae (t - c - wpn) 17:47, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deductive or inductive?

Dicto simpliciter is listed as a "deductive fallacy" on this page, and on many others. However, on the inductive reasoning article, dicto simpliciter is listed as a type of fallacy that can occur in a certain form of inductive reasoning (statistical syllogisms), and the fact that it seems very similar to the faulty generalizations (a.k.a. inductive fallacies) also makes me wonder (or at least makes me confused). -Silence 09:26, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Cancer patient/Recreational drug user

The example seems faulty, since one arrests a cancer patient because he violates a law and not because he uses a drug for recreational purposes. Thus stated, it seems to beg the question...

--Sophroniscus 18:20, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

I think it's inappropriate and potentially confusing for an encyclopedia to use a normative statement ("the appropriateness of using opiates is dependent on the presence of extreme pain") as an example, taking it as a matter of fact. As illustrated above, there are people who don't share this belief for whom such an example will be confusing (and perhaps offensive). Can anyone come up with an example that doesn't make assumptions about the reader's system of ethics? - AdelaMae (t - c - wpn) 17:47, 8 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] a

Despite the fact that the introduction states "The a (meaning "from") is often omitted when this phrase is used in English, being mistaken for an indefinite article" this mistake is then continuously made throughout the rest of the article, and even in the title of the article itself.

I will clean this up if no-one objects (or if no-one beats me to it).

Moon Oracle 16:01, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Ok I did it. Moon Oracle 11:46, 17 August 2007 (UTC)