Inference Fallacy?
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Original Question
Hashim decides to attend graduate school at Ohio State University. He has never been to the US before. The day after he arrives, he is walking back from an orientation session and sees two white (albino) squirrels chasing each other around a tree. In his next letter home, he tells his family that all American squirrels are white. ____________
which fallacy is this?
which fallacy is this?
Answers
1This is probably best matched with the black swan fallacy . This is when one makes a global inference based on limited experience. For example, "Since I have never seen a black swan, then black swans cannot exist" (they do). But based on your limited choices (I know this is a textbook question), you should choose Hasty Generalization, which is the more common and perhaps more general fallacy name.
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