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Definition:
This informal fallacy occurs when an argument offers a false range of choices and
requires that you pick one of them. The range is false because there may be other,
unstated choices which would only serve to undermine the original argument.
Usually, only two choices are presented, thus the term "False Dilemma." But sometimes there are three (trilemma) or more choices offered.
Also Known As: Excluded Middle, False Dichotomy, Bifurcation
Alternate Spellings: none
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