Category: General Knowledge | Last updated: 2026-09-18

When an argument claims something is true simply because it hasn't been proven false, or false because it hasn't been proven true, which logical fallacy is being committed?

A) Hasty Generalization
B) Slippery Slope
C) Appeal to Ignorance
D) False Dichotomy

Explanation

The Appeal to Ignorance (or Ad Ignorantiam) fallacy asserts that a proposition is true because it has not yet been proven false, or false because it has not yet been proven true. The absence of evidence for or against something is not itself proof.

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