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    Challenges→Semantical fallaciousness results from the ambiguity of terms used in an argument

    If ambiguity admits of degrees, the boundary between genuinely fallacious equivocation and legitimate analogical inference becomes unprincipled and theory-dependent.

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    • 1.Ambiguity manifestly admits of degrees: 'bank' is less ambiguous than context-dependent pronouns, yet both exhibit semantic multiplicity.
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    • 2.Without principled boundaries, whether an inference commits the equivocation fallacy depends entirely on which interpretive framework one adopts.
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    • 3.Legitimate analogies often exploit semantic similarity across contexts, making them structurally indistinguishable from equivocation without external criteria.
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    • 1.The fallacy of equivocation requires using a term with different meanings in different premises—a categorical distinction independent of degree-admitting ambiguity.
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    • 2.Analogical inference explicitly acknowledges semantic differences while mapping relational structures; equivocation denies or obscures such differences.
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    • 3.Intent and transparency provide principled non-theory-dependent criteria: equivocation typically involves hidden shifts, analogy transparent ones.
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