Argument from Ignorance

Latin Name

Argumentum ad Ignorantiam

Other Names

Appeal to Ignorance

Description

Assuming that a claim is true because it has not been or cannot be proven false, or vice versa.

Example

You don't believe in a creator god? Well how do you think the universe came into existence then?

Famous Examples

I feel genius in great works of art. I have seen medical cures that science can’t explain, some seemingly triggered by faith. The same is true of millions of other people.

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