An instance of the nominal fallacy is most easily seen when the meaning or
importance of a term or concept shrinks with knowledge. One example of this would
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be the word "instinct." "Instinct" refers to a set of behaviors whose actual cause we
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don't know, or simply don't understand or have access to, and therefore we call them
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nature-nurture argument (a term itself likely a product of the nominal fallacy) and
therefore can't be broken down or reduced any further. But experience has shown
that this is rarely the truth.
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