Arthritis of the Knee. Arthritis of the knee is a condition in which there is loss of the articular cartilage of the femur, tibia, or patella. This can be seen on x-ray as a loss of the space between the two ends of bone. X-Ray of an Arthritic Knee.
Causal oversimplification is a specific kind of false dilemma where conjoint possibilities are ignored. In other words, the possible causes are assumed to be A or B or C when A and B and C or A and B and not C (etc.) are not taken into consideration.
A fallacy: 1  an argument (or at least something that purports to be an argument) that. 2  falls short of some standard of correctness; 3  is used in a context of dialogue; 4  has a semblance of correctness about it; and. 5  poses a serious problem to the realization of the goal of the dialogue.