SUO: Syntactic Fallacy
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A syntactic fallacy is an error of mistaking
the properties of signs for the properties
of objects (that they may or may not have).
For example, from the fact that signs exist, are actual,
possible, necessary, or related in various syntactic ways,
nothing follows about the existence, actuality, possibility,
necessity, or objective relationships of their objects, since
it is conceivable that a sign does not denote anything at all.
Notice that a syntactic fallacy is an error even when signs are icons,
that is, when they propose a denotation of their objects by virtue of
sharing certain properties with them.
So watch out for that ...
Jon Awbrey
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