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Dear Wordwind
As I understood it, the argument from ignorance (I'm more comfortable with the English), goes something like:
"You can't prove that there are no ghosts. You don't know it. So you can't tell me there are no ghosts. I've felt them in Bodiam Castle, so there."
The argument you speak of seems to be something like an argument from authority (also considered a logical fallacy), except that you are using yourself as the authority you cite! lol!
More commonly, the argument from authority might go like this: "We know that evolution took place through natural selection because Darwin says so." (It may be true that evolution took place through natural selection, but Darwin's saying so doesn't make it more or less likely. Darwin's arguments, on the other hand, as opposed to his assertions, may still hold water with us, but that is a different matter.
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the sunshine warrior
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted ad ignorantium Wordwind 10/31/03 01:03 AM Re: ad ignorantium Bingley 10/31/03 05:56 AM Re: ad ignorantium wwh 10/31/03 01:24 PM Re: ad ignorantium gift horse 11/05/03 02:37 AM Re: ad ignorantium Wordwind 11/05/03 09:47 AM Re: ad ignorantium sjmaxq 11/05/03 02:43 PM Re: ad ignorantium Capfka 12/08/03 06:04 PM Re: List of Fallacious Arguments Faldage 11/05/03 11:50 AM Re: ad ignorantium Faldage 10/31/03 10:12 PM Re: ad ignorantium Wordwind 10/31/03 10:54 PM Re: ad ignorantium Faldage 11/01/03 12:13 AM Re: ad ignorantium shanks 11/04/03 05:41 PM Re: ad ignorantium Wordwind 11/04/03 11:43 PM
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