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undistributed middle

A syllogism whose middle term is not distributed in either premise.

The fallacy of the undistributed middle occurs when the middle term is undistributed in both premises, so the premises never link the other two terms through the whole middle class.

Examples

  • "All dogs are mammals. All cats are mammals. So all cats are dogs."

See also

middle term distributed term
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