Question

"i say the democratic party leadership conspired to keep details of the foley scandal quiet until right before the november election. can you prove that they didn't?" this is an example of what type of fallacy?

Answer 1

This is an example of "Begging the question" fallacy.

Begging the question, in some cases known by its Latin name petitio principii, which means expecting the underlying point, is a fallacy of logic in which the author or speaker accept the announcement under examination to be valid. In short, begging the question includes utilizing a preface to help itself.

Answer 2

This type of example is of Appeal to ignorance fallacy.

Further Explanation:  

The Appeal to ignorance fallacy is based on the premise that the statement must be true, if we cannot prove it false or it is false if it cannot be proved true. The other name of this fallacy is argumentum ad ignorantiam. No, we can’t prove the democratic party leadership conspired to keep details of the folly scandal quiet until right before the November election.

This term argumentum ad ignortiam was first introduced by John Locke in his book on “ Essay Concerning Human Understanding”.

Some of the other example of ignorance fallacy are that these are those abstractions that are physically impossible to prove and are supernatural like if someone says that there is also a life elsewhere, excluding the earth and this is not proven yet or UFO’s have ever visited earth. If someone says ghosts exists we can’t deny as we can’t prove it.

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Answer details:

Grade: High School

Subject: Political Science

Source: 15 Typies of Fallacies

Keywords: statement, true, cannot prove it false, argumentum ad ignorantiam, introduced, John Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding, abstractions, physically impossible to prove, supernatural.