ARGUMENTUM AD IGNORANTIAM: "You can't prove that God does not exist!"

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Apr 14, 2007, 10:20:57 AM4/14/07
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An argument that a proposition is true because it has not been shown
to be false, or vice versa. Ad ignorantium arguments are also known
as "appeals to ignorance." This fallacy has two forms:

1. P is true, because it has not been proven false.
2. P is false, because it has not been proven true.

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Apr 19, 2007, 6:32:41 PM4/19/07
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