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| This epistemic fallacy specifically concerns the conflation of knowledge and existence. However, there are numerous related fallacies which, in some cases, may also overlap with this one. | This epistemic fallacy specifically concerns the conflation of knowledge and existence. However, there are numerous related fallacies which, in some cases, may also overlap with this one. |
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| The [[rhetorics:defeasible_arguments:argument_from_ignorance:index|argument from ignorance]] is a form of //rhetorical fallacy// in which it is claimed that if one has no knowledge of something, then it presumably does not exist (or, more commonly, is not a concern). In many cases, the //epistemic fallacy// is likely to be the underlying misconception behind this practice. | The [[knowledge:ignorance|argument from ignorance]] is a form of //rhetorical fallacy// in which it is claimed that if one has no knowledge of something, then it presumably does not exist (or, more commonly, is not a concern). In many cases, the //epistemic fallacy// is likely to be the underlying misconception behind this practice. |
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| The [[abstraction:ontological_fallacy|ontological fallacy]] is a //fallacy of abstraction// in which the existence of a term or concept is taken to imply that the phenomenon it describes must also exist. If one regards words or concepts as a possible form of expression of knowledge, it is easy to see that, at least in some cases, this overlaps with the //epistemic fallacy.// | The [[abstraction:ontological_fallacy|ontological fallacy]] is a //fallacy of abstraction// in which the existence of a term or concept is taken to imply that the phenomenon it describes must also exist. If one regards words or concepts as a possible form of expression of knowledge, it is easy to see that, at least in some cases, this overlaps with the //epistemic fallacy.// |
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| * [[abstraction:ontological_fallacy|Ontological fallacy]] | * [[abstraction:ontological_fallacy|Ontological fallacy]] |
| * [[rhetorics:defeasible_arguments:argument_from_ignorance:index|Argument from ignorance]] | * [[knowledge:ignorance|Argument from ignorance]] |
| * [[logic:formal_fallacies:denying_the_antecedent|Denying the antecedent]] | * [[logic:formal_fallacies:denying_the_antecedent|Denying the antecedent]] |
