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Argumentum ad Ignorantiam

Argumentum ad Ignorantiam

Argumentum ad ignorantiam is a fallacy in argumentation that is based on appealing to ignorance, to what is not known. For example, “I will assume that since you did not answer that you do not know the answer.”

See also, Logical Fallacies or Fallacies in Argumentation.

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