False Dilemma: Why It’s Important to Know How to Identify It

  The false dilemma or false dichotomy is a form of fallacy based on a premise that erroneously limits what options are available. In other words, it’s a kind of incorrect reasoning that reduces the available alternatives to just two. This, of course, leads to perception and decision errors. There are several types of fallacies and the false dilemma belongs to a category called informal fallacies. These are incorrect arguments, not only in form but also in content and context. In natural language, it’s often not possible to detect these errors easily. Consequently, we often don’t notice them The fallacy…