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Argument from ignorance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The argument from ignorance , also known as argumentum ad ignorantiam ("appeal to ignorance" ), argument by lack of imagination , or negative evidence , is a logical fallacy in which it is cla...
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Argumentum ad baculum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Argumentum ad baculum (Latin for argument to the cudgel or appeal to the stick ), also known as appeal to force , is an argument where force, coercion, or the threat of force , is given as a ...
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From Abracadabra to Zombies | View All ... ; Last updated 10/06/09 ... A claim's truth or falsity depends on supporting or refuting evidence to the claim, not the lack of support for a contrary or contradictory claim. (Contrary claims can't both be true but both can be false, unlike contradictory claims.
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Argumentum ad ignorantiam (Argument from ignorance) ... Argumentum ad ignorantiam means "argument from ignorance." The fallacy occurs when it's argued that something must be true, simply because it hasn't been proved false. Or, equivalently, when it is argued that something must be false because it hasn't been proved true.
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Arguments of this form assume that since something has not been proven false (or cannot be), it is therefore true. Conversely, such an argument may assume that since something has not been proven true, it is therefore false. ... (This is a special case of a false dilemma, since it assumes that all ... As Davis writes,
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Arguments of this form assume that since something has not been proven false, it is therefore true. Conversely, such an argument may assume that since something has not been proven true, it is therefore false. ... (This is a special case of a false dilemma, since it assumes ... Since you cannot prove that ghosts do not exist,
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List of logical fallacies, along with a brief bibliography. ... argumentum ad ignorantiam ("arguing from ignorance") -- A fallacy that occurs when someone argues that because we don't know something is true, it must be false, or because we lack proof that a statement is false, it must be true.
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