Fallacy
Reversal of the Burden of Proof
Also known as: Argumentum ad Ignorantiam
- Category
- Fallacy
- Main group
- Informal Fallacy
- Subgroup
- Rhetorical Tactic
- Difficulty
- medium (2/3)
- Argumentation order
- 1. Argument
Description
A thesis is declared false because it has not yet been proven.
Or a thesis is declared correct because it could not be refuted.
Example
"The Easter Bunny must exist because no one has proven that he doesn't exist."
- Limitations
In controversial debates, it is sometimes not entirely clear who bears the burden of proof.
- Researched by
Aristoteles
- See also
Personal Incredulity
Reductio ad Absurdum
- Opposite
Falsifiability