Ignoratio Elenchi (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun Logic.
  1. the fallacy of offering proof irrelevant to the proposition in question.
noun logic
  1. a purported refutation of a proposition that does not in fact prove it false but merely establishes a related but strictly irrelevant proposition
  2. the fallacy of arguing in this way
Ignoratio Elenchi (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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