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Argument from incredulity

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Arguments from incredulity can sometimes arise from inappropriate emotional involvement, the conflation of fantasy and reality, a lack of understanding, or an instinctive 'gut' reaction, especially where time is scarce. They are also frequently used to argue that something must be
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because one's inability to imagine how a statement can be true or false gives no information about whether the statement is true or false in reality.
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I cannot imagine how F could be false; therefore F must be true.
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I cannot imagine how F could be true; therefore F must be false.
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in origin or even the contrary. This form of reasoning is
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Argument from lack of imagination
fallacy in informal logic
supernatural
fallacious
Disconfirmation bias
Hanlon's razor
Carroll, Robert T.
"divine fallacy (argument from incredulity)"
The Skeptic's Dictionary
"Toolkit for Thinking"
the original
An Introduction to Critical Thinking
Pearson Education India
ISBN
9788131734568
"The Argument from Incredulity: How People Explain What They Don't Understand – Effectiviology"
Categories
Informal fallacies
Paranormal

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