Category: fallacies:
Definition: Because the whole has a certain property, it is argued that the parts have that property
Examples:
Proof:
Because the whole has a certain property, it is argued that the parts have that property. The whole in question may be either a whole object or a collection or set of individual members.
Show that the properties in question are the properties of the whole, and not of each part or member or the whole. If necessary, describe the parts to show that they could not have the properties of the whole. (Barker: 164, Copi and Cohen: 117)