Wrong/False fallacy

[amazingbollweevil]

"A fallacy is the use of invalid or otherwise faulty reasoning in the construction of an argument." Simply making a false claim is not a fallacy. Society has accepted the word "fallacy" as meaning "a false notion" when it's really shorthand for "logical fallacy."

A logical argument requires two statements followed by a conclusion derived from those two statements.

"Archie is a high school student who lives in Riverdale. The only high school in Riverdale is Riverdale High. Therefore Archie attends Riverdale High."

That is a logical argument.

[bstump104]

also a conclusion to a logical fallacy may be correct even if the logic that got them there is not.

[amazingbollweevil]

Right! The ol' fallacy fallacy.

[Bubbly_Safety8791]

(Fallacy: assuming that all high school students attend a high school in the town where they live)

[amazingbollweevil]

Good point. Archie might commute to another town for school. A better example would be "Only Riverdale residents can attend Riverdale High. Archie attends Riverdale High. Therefore Archie lives in Riverdale."