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fallacy of ambiguity

A fallacy that works only because a word or sentence can be read two ways.

A fallacy of ambiguity depends on a shift between two meanings, either of a single word (equivocation) or of a sentence's grammatical structure (amphiboly). With one meaning held fixed, the argument falls apart.

Examples

  • Equivocation and amphiboly are the two fallacies of ambiguity in this course.

See also

equivocation amphiboly
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