• An irrelevant conclusion, also known as ignoratio elenchi (Latin for 'ignoring refutation') or missing the point, is the informal fallacy of presenting...
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    Σοφιστικοὶ Ἔλεγχοι, romanized: Sophistikoi Elenchoi; Latin: De Sophisticis Elenchis) is a text in Aristotle's Organon in which he identified thirteen fallacies...
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  • conclusion based on one or more premises that differ from it (see ignoratio elenchi and begging the question). It is sometimes said that a self-evident proposition...
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  • she could be wearing pants instead. Another related fallacy is ignoratio elenchi or irrelevant conclusion: an argument that fails to address the issue in...
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    scholastic logicians. The On Sophistical Refutations (Latin: De Sophisticis Elenchis) gives a treatment of logical fallacies, and provides a key link to Aristotle's...
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    maneuvering in a multi-participant TV debate: The fallacy of ignoratio elenchi". Dil ve Edebiyat Dergisi. 15 (1): 25-58. Lindley, Dennis V. (2006). Understanding...
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  • 2011-10-04. Bibliography Aristotle, On Sophistical Refutations, De Sophistici Elenchi. William of Ockham, Summa of Logic (ca. 1323) Part III.4. John Buridan...
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    the Western intellectual tradition by the Aristotelian De Sophisticis Elenchis. Fallacies may be committed intentionally to manipulate or persuade by...
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    central technique of the Socratic method. The Latin form elenchus (plural elenchi) is used in English as the technical philosophical term. The most common...
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    Rhetoric (c. 350 BC) Rhetoric to Alexander (c. 350 BC) De Sophisticis Elenchis (c. 350 BC) Topics (c. 350 BC) De Inventione (84 BC) Rhetorica ad Herennium...
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    chronology (which of course leaves out much): Categories, Topics, Sophistici Elenchi, Analytics, Metaphysics Δ, the physical works, the Ethics, and the rest...
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    False positive False scent Foreshadowing Garden path sentence Ignoratio elenchi Judgmental language List of fallacies § Red herring fallacies MacGuffin...
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  • populum Cliché The Four Great Errors I'm entitled to my opinion Ignoratio elenchi Invincible ignorance Moralistic / Naturalistic Motte-and-bailey fallacy...
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  • populum Cliché The Four Great Errors I'm entitled to my opinion Ignoratio elenchi Invincible ignorance Moralistic / Naturalistic Motte-and-bailey fallacy...
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  • to. An ignoratio elenchi that is an intentional attempt to mislead or confuse the opposing party is known as a red herring. Elenchi is from the Greek...
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  • when it is not sound. Irrelevant conclusions, also known as ignoratio elenchi (Latin for ''ignoring the list" or "ignoring refutation'') or missing the...
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    considered at best "conjectures", or at worst "pseudoscience" (e.g., ignoratio elenchi). Assertion that claims which have not been proven false must therefore...
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    tradition restraining actions threatening individual privacy ignoratio elenchi – Informal logical fallacy, which accurately characterizes this argument...
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  • spoken evidence from an authoritative source, or vice versa. Ignoratio elenchi (irrelevant conclusion, missing the point) – an argument that may in itself...
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    Review of Letters to a Mormon Elder: Norwood, L. Ara (1993). ""Ignoratio Elenchi": The Dialogue That Never Was". Review of Books on the Book of Mormon....
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    populum Cliché The Four Great Errors I'm entitled to my opinion Ignoratio elenchi Invincible ignorance Moralistic / Naturalistic Motte-and-bailey fallacy...
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  • No. 3. proof by example, biased sample, cherry picking No. 6. ignoratio elenchi: "red herring" No. 9. false compromise/middle ground No. 12. argument in...
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  • populum Cliché The Four Great Errors I'm entitled to my opinion Ignoratio elenchi Invincible ignorance Moralistic / Naturalistic Motte-and-bailey fallacy...
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  • populum Cliché The Four Great Errors I'm entitled to my opinion Ignoratio elenchi Invincible ignorance Moralistic / Naturalistic Motte-and-bailey fallacy...
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    Rhetoric (c. 350 BC) Rhetoric to Alexander (c. 350 BC) De Sophisticis Elenchis (c. 350 BC) Topics (c. 350 BC) De Inventione (84 BC) Rhetorica ad Herennium...
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  • populum Cliché The Four Great Errors I'm entitled to my opinion Ignoratio elenchi Invincible ignorance Moralistic / Naturalistic Motte-and-bailey fallacy...
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