Fallacy Fridays: The Root Fallacy

Fallacy Fridays: The Root Fallacy

by | Dec 9, 2011 | Posts

Grant Osborne writes, “The root fallacy, a common error, assumes that the root of a term and its cognates carries a basic meaning that is reflected in every subordinate use of the word(s).” (The Hermeneutical Spiral, 84-85) I want to flesh out that...