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Fallacy of division erratum

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Original Question

In the exception part of Fallacy of Division, just above the "tip" it says:


Exception: When a part of the whole has a property that, by definition, causes the part to take on that property.


I think it should be:


Exception: When a part of the whole has a property that, by definition, causes the part of the whole to take on that property.


 

Comments on Question

I doubled-checked and I think you're right. Division is not a fallacy when there is transference - that is, the properties of the whole are necessarily distributed to the parts.

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