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I came across a logical fallacy I had never heard of a couple of days ago. It seems to be of interest to people engaged in psychological research, but to me it seemed even more relevant to people from various backgrounds engaged in debate, where common (yet confusing) language is used....
Introducing... “The Jingle-Jangle Fallacy”
Jingle-jangle fallacies refer to the erroneous assumptions that two different things are the same because they bear the same name (jingle fallacy) or that two identical or almost identical things are different because they are labeled differently (jangle fallacy).
The Jangle Fallacy
In research, a jangle fallacy describes the inference that two measures (e.g., tests, scales) with different names measure different constructs. In debate, this same effect may have two people from different backgrounds arguing over topics where, but for a clearer discussion of the meaning of the terms they were using, they would be in agreement.
The Jingle Fallacy
By comparison, a jingle fallacy is based on the assumption that two measures which are called by the same name capture the same construct. I think this one is even more common (especially on this forum). When people are using common language to describe something, it doesn’t hurt to check what they understand by the use of a word.
Introducing... “The Jingle-Jangle Fallacy”
Jingle-jangle fallacies refer to the erroneous assumptions that two different things are the same because they bear the same name (jingle fallacy) or that two identical or almost identical things are different because they are labeled differently (jangle fallacy).
The Jangle Fallacy
In research, a jangle fallacy describes the inference that two measures (e.g., tests, scales) with different names measure different constructs. In debate, this same effect may have two people from different backgrounds arguing over topics where, but for a clearer discussion of the meaning of the terms they were using, they would be in agreement.
The Jingle Fallacy
By comparison, a jingle fallacy is based on the assumption that two measures which are called by the same name capture the same construct. I think this one is even more common (especially on this forum). When people are using common language to describe something, it doesn’t hurt to check what they understand by the use of a word.