Definition of "paralogism" [pa•ral•o•gism]

• A fallacious or illogical argument or conclusion. (noun)

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• "There lurks in the procedure of rational Psychology a paralogism, which is represented in the following syllogism:"
• "The attack on the third paralogism focuses on what can be inferred from unified consciousness over time."
• "A transcendental paralogism, according to Kant, is a “syllogism in which one is constrained, by a transcendental ground, to draw a formally invalid conclusion” (A341/B399)."