⊿ Point. {R} Glossary. ◢ Keyword: I. ◥ University. {q} PhD. {tr} Training. ⚫ UK. ↂ EndNote. ☢️ Fallacies. ☢️ Logical F' ☝️ Weerakkody. Fallacy of composition. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fallacy of inferring on the whole from a part The fallacy of composition is an informal fallacy that arises when one infers that something is true of the whole from the fact that it is true of some part of the whole. A trivial example might be: "This tire is made of rubber; therefore, the vehicle of which it is a part is also made of rubber.
" This is fallacious, because vehicles are made with a variety of parts, most of which are not made of rubber. The fallacy of composition can apply even when a fact is true of every proper part of a greater entity, though. A more complicated example might be: "No atoms are alive. Therefore, nothing made of atoms is alive. " Examples[edit] If someone stands up from their seat at a cricket match, they can see better. In economics[edit] Modo hoc fallacy[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]