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ignoratio elenchi
[ ig-nuh-rey-shee-oh i-leng-kahy, -kee ]
noun
Logic.
- the fallacy of offering proof irrelevant to the proposition in question.
ignoratio elenchi
/ 藢瑟伞n蓹藞re瑟蕛瑟蓹蕣 瑟藞l蓻艐ka瑟 /
noun
- a purported refutation of a proposition that does not in fact prove it false but merely establishes a related but strictly irrelevant proposition
- the fallacy of arguing in this way
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of ignoratio elenchi1
1580鈥90; < Latin ign艒r膩ti艒 elench墨 literally, ignorance of the refutation; elenchus
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of ignoratio elenchi1
Latin: an ignorance of proof, translating Greek elenchou agnoia
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His whole paper is an ignoratio elenchi, and he doesn't touch a single one of my positions.
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To prove this is an ignoratio elenchi; what the Sophist undertakes to prove is that Achilles will never overtake it, and he really proves that Achilles passes it between the 111th and 112th yards.
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The ignoratio elenchi is in his own mind.
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Mr. Mill had better be cautious in talking about ignoratio elenchi.
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An ignoratio elenchi more flagrant鈥攁 mistaking of the question more palpable鈥攊t is surely not possible to conceive.
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