What is Conflation?
[[Image:Lord Warden Cinque Ports (Lord Boyce).svg|thumb|right|border|This British flag <!-- of the [[Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports]]--> is an emblem which shows conflated images. <!-- three ships' hulls and three Lions passant guardant con-joined to these hulls, all in gold. These may originally have been ''Gules three lions passant gardant in pale Or'' (for England) dimidiating ''Gules three ships' hulks in pale Or''-->]] '''Conflation''' is what happens when two or more individuals, concepts, or places seem to be a single identity. Although they may share one or more characteristics, the differences somehow seem to be lost.<ref>Haught, John F. (1995). [https://books.google.com/books?id=1Y9JMBqvGlMC&dq=conflation&pg=PA13 ''Science and Religion: From Conflict to Conversation''], p. 13.</ref> In [[logic]], conflation is the practice of treating two distinct [[concept]]s as if they were one. This produces errors or misunderstandings. The fusion or merge of distinct subjects tends to obscure analysis of relationships which are emphasized by contrasts.<ref>Haught, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1Y9JMBqvGlMC&dq=conflation&pg=PA14 ''Science and Religion: From Conflict to Conversation''], p. 14.</ref> ==Notes== {{Reflist|1}} ==Other websites== {{commons category|Venn diagrams}} * [http://www.conflations.com Conflations] [[Category:Logical fallacies]]