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title: "Appeal to Ignorance"
description: "Claiming something is true because it has not been proven false, or false because it has not been proven true."
last_updated: "2026-08-02"
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# Appeal to Ignorance

*Also known as: argumentum ad ignorantiam*

Claiming something is true because it has not been proven false, or false because it has not been proven true.

*Example: "No one has proven ghosts aren't real, so they must exist" — absence of disproof isn't proof.*

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