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False Dichotomy

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Presenting two options as exhaustive when they aren't, then eliminating one.

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"Either we cut the program or we go bankrupt. We can't go bankrupt, so—" The third, fourth, and fifth options wave from offstage.

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Near-miss: some dichotomies are genuinely exhaustive — p or not-p always is (139). The fallacy needs *false* exhaustiveness, so check before objecting.

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