Definition of Ignoratio elenchi

1. Noun. The logical fallacy of supposing that an argument proving an irrelevant point has proved the point at issue.

Generic synonyms: Logical Fallacy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ignoratio Elenchi

ignorance
ignorance is bliss
ignorances
ignorant
ignorantest
ignorantism
ignorantisms
ignorantist
ignorantists
ignorantly
ignorantness
ignorantnesses
ignorants
ignoranus
ignoranuses
ignoratio elenchi (current term)
ignoration
ignorative
ignoraunce
ignoraunt
ignorauntly
ignore
ignored
ignorer
ignorers
ignores
ignorest
ignoreth
ignoring
ignoscible

Literary usage of Ignoratio elenchi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Logic by George Hugh Smith (1901)
"... when the end, Irrelevant Conclusion ; and, in either case, ignoratio elenchi. The two names, ie, Mistaking the Issue and Irrelevant Conclusion, present, ..."

2. The Science of Logic: Or, an Analysis of the Laws of Thought by Asa Mahan (1857)
"ignoratio elenchi, or Irrelevant Conclusion. Fallacies of the second class named constitute especially what is commonly called the ignoratio elenchi, ..."

3. Logic; Or, The Analytic of Explicit Reasoning by George Hugh Smith (1901)
"... when the end, Irrelevant Conclusion ; and, in either case, ignoratio elenchi. The two names, ie, Mistaking the Issue and Irrelevant Conclusion, present, ..."

4. The Logical Bases of Education by James Welton (1899)
"1 A vague conception of the purpose often leads to tne fallacy Of Arguing besides the mark—ignoratio elenchi as it is technically termed. ..."

5. The Standard Dictionary of Facts: History, Language, Literature, Biography edited by Henry Woldmar Ruoff (1909)
"Beware of him. ignoratio elenchi. Ignorance of the point in dispute; the logical fallacy of arguing to the wrong point. ignotum per ..."

6. An Elementary Handbook of Logic by John Joseph Toohey (1918)
"ignoratio elenchi or Evading the Question is the fallacy of refuting or conceding something as though it had been maintained, whereas it had not been ..."

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