I'm working on a new article for my boss, and my subject matter happens to have had a lie made up about the subject matter! Currently the subject matter is fulfilling the parameters of the said "lies."
what i think i'm observing is a deviation from the definition of "self fulfilling prophecy." nothing in my subject matter involves an actual "prophecy." But the subject matter is full of textbook examples of lies being made about the subject matter. both in slander and libel.
would anyone be aware of a word or term that involves a definition similar to the situation that i just described?
If nothing already exists to describe this phenomenon that i've described, then would anyone have advise on how I should approach coining a new term or phrase?
such as : "self fulfilling "lie"?
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but what you're describing seems to be that someone made an erroneous statement about the subject matter (intentionally or accidentally), and this erroneous statement has become a key premise in the framework of people's conceptions of the subject, causing them to go about in roundabout ways.
If this is so, then I think The_AC's suggestion of circular logic seems best. It could also be begging the question.
what i think i'm observing is a deviation from the definition of "self fulfilling prophecy." nothing in my subject matter involves an actual "prophecy." But the subject matter is full of textbook examples of lies being made about the subject matter. both in slander and libel.
would anyone be aware of a word or term that involves a definition similar to the situation that i just described?
If nothing already exists to describe this phenomenon that i've described, then would anyone have advise on how I should approach coining a new term or phrase?
such as : "self fulfilling "lie"?
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[I]Some call it dig through time, when really your digging through CRAP!
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If this is so, then I think The_AC's suggestion of circular logic seems best. It could also be begging the question.
Here's a list of informal fallacies you can look at to see which would best fit what you're talking about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies#Informal_fallacies