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Complex Question

 

Disciplines Argument > Fallacies > Complex Question

Description | Discussion | Example | See also

 

Description

X and Y are unrelated questions. They are combined into question Z, which requires a single answer.

Example

Have you stopped smoking? ['yes' or 'no' both admits being a smoker]

Will you help me and carry this?

Discussion

The Complex Question often is arranged such that whichever way you answer the question, the questioner gains the advantage (i.e. a double bind).

Classification

Assumptive, Distraction

Also known as

Loaded Question, False Questions, Double Bind

See also

Conspiracy Theory

 

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