Argument;

All Indians are religious.

All Painters are religious

∴ All painters are Indians.

It involves the fallacy of :

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  1. Division
  2. Existential
  3. Undistributed middle
  4. Four terms

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Option 3 : Undistributed middle
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All Indians are religious.

All Painters are religious.

Therefore, All painters are Indians.

While there may be painters that are Indians, it does not follow from the premises: The only thing the premises tell us about painters and Indians is that they are both imaginary - We have no information how they are related to each other.

Hence, the answer is Undistributed middle.

 

Additional Information

The fallacy of the undistributed middle takes the following form;

1. All A is B.

2. All C is B.

3. Therefore, All C is A.

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