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Latest revision as of 01:41, 23 June 2025
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Oxford spelling Template:Use dmy datesScript error: No such module "Hatnote".Template:Main other Argument to moderation (Template:Langx)—also known as the false compromise, argument from middle ground, fallacy of gray, middle ground fallacy, or golden mean fallacy[1]—is the fallacy that the truth is always in the middle of two opposites.[2]
It does not necessarily suggest that an argument for the middle solution or for a compromise is always fallacious, but rather applies primarily in cases where such a position is ill-informed, unfeasible, or impossible, or where an argument is incorrectly made that a position is correct simply because it is in the middle.[3][4]
An example of an argument to moderation would be considering two statements about the colour of the sky on Earth during the dayTemplate:Sndone claiming, correctly, that the sky is blue, and another claiming that it is yellowTemplate:Sndand incorrectly concluding that the sky is the intermediate colour, green.[5]
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