An instant has no duration. But an hour is composed of instants. Therefore, an hour has no duration.
A) Division.
B) Amphiboly.
C) Composition.
D) Red herring.
E) No fallacy.

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The argument commits the fallacy of composition, which is the assumption that what is true for the parts must be true for the whole. Just because instants have no duration does not mean that an hour, which is composed of many instants, also has no duration. This is a faulty inference based on the incorrect assumption that the properties of the parts must apply to the whole.

An Instant Has No Duration