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Definition:
"Complex question" is an informal fallacy which is committed when hidden premises
introduce uncertainty into the argument. There are two types to this fallacy. The
first type involves demanding a simple answer to a complex or multi-part question, for
example:
If you don't think that God created the universe, then what did?
The second is also called using a "loaded question," because it involves asking a question which includes at least one extra, hidden premise which is either false or, at the very least, questionable. The most famous example of this is:
Have you stopped beating your wife?
Also Known As: Many questions, Plurium interrogationum
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