non secundum necessitatem naturae; Ergo non est necessarium secundum se.
The fallacy of inferring from the fact that F is accidental (or not necessary) to a thing’s nature, that therefore F is accidental (or not necessary) to the thing.
Example 1:
Being female is accidental with respect to being human;
therefore Jane is not necessarily female.
Example 2:
Being born to Carol and Richard is not an essential feature
of my human nature; therefore I could have had different parents.
Example 3:
Being composed of leather is not essential to being a couch;
therefore this leather couch could have been composed of cloth.
Comment: Though I
agree that each of these examples commits the non secundum necessitatem naturae; Ergo non est necessarium secundum se fallacy, I still
affirm the conclusions of examples 1 and 2.
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