(argumentum ad ignorantiam)"; //Argument from Ignorance<br><i>(argumentum ad ignorantiam)</i> include "header.inc"; ?> Definition: Examples:
  1. Since you cannot prove that ghosts do not exist, they must exist.
  2. Since scientists cannot prove that global warming will occur, it probably won't.
  3. Fred said that he is smarter than Jill, but he didn't prove it, so it must be false.
Proof: References: 13 August 1996