misobservation

Updated: January 26, 2026

And as Proof, in its widest extent, embraces one or more, or all, of three processes, Observation, Generalization, and Deduction, we shall consider in their order the errors capable of being committed in these three operations. And first, of the first mentioned. A fallacy of misobservation may be either negative or positive; either Non-observation or Mal-observation.

John Stuart Mill - A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive