All 3 Uses of
fallacy
in
1984, by Orwell
- The belief that nothing exists outside your own mind — surely there must be some way of demonstrating that it was false? Had it not been exposed long ago as a fallacy?
p. 266.4fallacy = a mistaken belief
- If he thinks he floats off the floor, and if I simultaneously think I see him do it, then the thing happens. ... the thought burst into his mind: 'It doesn't really happen. We imagine it. It is hallucination.' He pushed the thought under instantly. The fallacy was obvious. It presupposed that somewhere or other, outside oneself, there was a 'real' world where 'real' things happened.
p. 278.5 *fallacy = a common form of incorrect reasoningeditor's notes: This is when Winston is succumbing to brainwashing.
- He had no difficulty in disposing of the fallacy, and he was in no danger of succumbing to it. He realized, nevertheless, that it ought never to have occurred to him. The mind should develop a blind spot whenever a dangerous thought presented itself. The process should be automatic, instinctive. Crimestop, they called it in Newspeak.
p. 278.6fallacy = a common form of incorrect reasoning
Definition:
a mistaken belief; or a common form of incorrect reasoning