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Argument of Ignorance |
A conclusion is supported by an illegitimate appeal to ignorance, as when it is something is likely to be true because we cannot prove that it is false. "you can't see it but it's there" |
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Inappropriate Authority (ad Verecundiam) |
the appeal to authority is illegitimate, either because the authority appealed to has no special claim to expertise on the topic at issue, or,, more generally, because no authority is assured to be reliable.
"I'm not the guy" |
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False Cause |
An Informal fallacy in which the mistake arises from accepting as the cause of an event what is not really its cause
"Jinxing oneself" |
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Hasty Generalization |
a principle that is true of particular case is applied, carelessly or deliberately, to the great run of cases
"Stereotypes"
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