LOGIC FALLACIES REPORTING

ARGUMENT FROM
IGNORANCE
AD IGNORANTIAM
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APPEAL FROM IGNORANCE

" NO ONE KNOWS IF IT IS TRUE, THEREFORE IT IS FALSE"

VICE VERSA

ASSERTION THAT A CLAIM IS EITHER TRUE OR FALSE

BECAUSE OF A LACK OF EVIDENCE TO THE CONTARY.
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EXAMPLES
1. THERE IS NO PROOF THAT ENGAGING STUDENTS IN MANDATORY ROTC IS
RESULT
EFFECTIVE IN DEFENDING THE COUNTRY, AS THERE IS NO PAST
EXPERIENCE, THEN IT MAY NOT BE EFFECTIVE

2 .BELIEVING THAT VOTE BUYING IS RAMPANT DURING ELECTION BECAUSE

INTRODUCTION
NO ONE HAS PROVEN THAT VOTE BUYING DOES NOT EXIST

3. SINCE THEY CANNOT PROVE THAT THERE IS TALLANO GOLD,

METHODOLOGY
THEREFORE TALLANO GOLD DOES NOT EXISTS.
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WAYS ON HOW TO COUNTER THE

FALL ACY

FOCUSING ON THE EVIDENCE THAT IS ALREADY IN

EXISTENCE RATHER THAN WHAT A LACK OF EVIDENCE
WOULD IMPLY IS GENERALLY THE BEST METHOD TO AVOID
APPEALING TO IGNORANCE IN YOUR WRITING.

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WAYS ON HOW TO COUNTER THE

FALL ACY
ANY IDEA OR ARGUMENT MAY NEVER HAVE ALL THE
SUPPORTING EVIDENCE, SO THERE MAY ALWAYS BE
SOME ROOM FOR SKEPTICISM. HOWEVER, A CASE
SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE WILL ALWAYS BE STRONGER
THAN ONE WITHOUT IT
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THANK YOU

LOGIC FALLACIES REPORTING