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<blockquote>The fallacy of ''equivocation'' is an argument which exploits the ambiguity of a term or phrase which has occurred at least twice in an argument, such that on the first occurrence it has one meaning and on the second another meaning.  
<blockquote>The fallacy of ''equivocation'' is an argument which exploits the ambiguity of a term or phrase which has occurred at least twice in an argument, such that on the first occurrence it has one meaning and on the second another meaning.  
([[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/fallacies/#CorFal Hans Hansen])</Blockquote>
([https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/fallacies/#CorFal Hans Hansen, ''SEP''])</Blockquote>

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The fallacy of equivocation is an argument which exploits the ambiguity of a term or phrase which has occurred at least twice in an argument, such that on the first occurrence it has one meaning and on the second another meaning. (Hans Hansen, SEP)