Equivocation Fallacy - With Simple, Practical, and Philosophical Examples

The fallacy of equivocation (also called the fallacy of ambiguity) is the fallacy whereby one incorrectly reasons that a conclusion follows from a premises but if the terms in the argument were properly distinguished, the conclusion would not follow. I characterize this fallacy in terms of three conditions. Namely, one commits the fallacy when:

1. There is an ambiguous term in the argument.
2. The ambiguous terms are disambiguated when evaluating the premises so as to make the premises true (or at least reasonable)
3. The ambiguous terms are taken to have the same meaning so that the conclusion can be said to follow from the premises

** This is a reupload of an earlier video I did on the Equivocation Fallacy. I didn't like the organization of the first upload.

Credits & Sources
* Warren, Mary Anne. 1973. “On the Moral and Legal Status of Abortion.” The Monist 57 (1): 43–61.
* An excellent thesis on the argument by analogy: Neil, Paul E Mac. 1993. “The Fallacy of Equivocation.” McMaster University.
* Video of Flags / Politics: Video by cottonbro from Pexels
* Fireworks video: Video by Anthony from Pexels
* Person running: Video by Pressmaster from Pexels
* Pills: Video by Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels
* Video of Forest by Kelly Lacy from Pexels
* Apologies if I forgot to credit you!

The thumbnail is by Arthur Ignatius Keller (1866-1924) titled "Take your hands off me". It was published in "Black Cargo" by J.P. Marquand, Saturday evening post, 197:3 (Sept. 20, 1924).

[pH-]

Applause to David for the ever improving graphics in these videos...
Also for referencing a bank that is a pub I know at 1:10
Also for using his own-brand TV at 5:32
Keep up the good work! :-)

[HiJackShepherd]

I'm really enjoying your channel and I appreciate the time you put into your videos. If you don't mind a personal question, why are you doing it? Is it a passion project or part of some post-graduate work?

[lapimano]

Can I relate this to "gender studies" and the topic of Israelis/jews or other similar (probably politically motivated) topics without this comment being removed?