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Antinomy vs Fallacy - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between antinomy and fallacy

is that antinomy is an apparent contradiction between valid conclusions; a paradox while fallacy is deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.

antinomy

Noun

(antinomies)
  • An apparent contradiction between valid conclusions; a paradox
  • Usage notes

    * Do not confuse with antimony . * Kant used antinomy ((Critique of Pure Reason) , Bloom translation) to speak of two valid conclusions that appeared to contradict each other, but that could be resolved when it was seen that they were from two distinct and exclusive sets. So no paradox exists, only the inappropriate application of an idea from one set—being applied to another—causes a seeming paradox.

    Synonyms

    * paradox

    Derived terms

    * antinomian * antinomianism

    Anagrams

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    fallacy

    Noun

    (fallacies)
  • Deceptive or false appearance; deceitfulness; that which misleads the eye or the mind; deception.
  • (logic) An argument, or apparent argument, which professes to be decisive of the matter at issue, while in reality it is not. A specious argument.
  • Derived terms

    * logical fallacy * formal fallacy * informal fallacy

    See also

    * sophism *