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Fallacy of Modal Logic / Modal Scope Fallacy / MisconditionalizationThe fallacy of modal logic is one of the many smokescreens that are used to cover the fact that the reasoning is based on one of the three fallacies of Agrippa's trilemma. Whenever a logical fallacy is committed, the fallacy has its roots in Agrippa's trilemma. All human thought (without Divine revelation) is based on one of three unhappy possibilities. These three possibilities are infinite regress, circular reasoning, or axiomatic thinking. This problem is known as Agrippa's trilemma. Some have claimed that only logic and math can be known without Divine revelation; however, that is not true. There is no reason to trust either logic or math without Divine revelation. Science is also limited to the pragmatic because of the weakness on human reasoning, which is known as Agrippa's trilemma. This is a fallacy that superimposes another level of fallacy on top or one or more of the three fallacies of Agrippa's trilemma. he Fallacy of Modal Logic / Modal Scope Fallacy / Misconditionalization occurs when the scope (of what is necessary/possible in a statement or argument) is confused. Modal logic is everything that classical logic is except with the addition of modal operators of necessity or possiblity. Examples of the Fallacy of Modal Logic / Modal Scope Fallacy / Misconditionalization
The "has to be" statement is dependent on the "If" statement. It is a conditional statement of necessity. For that reason, the conclusion cannot be rationally stated this way.
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