On 26/09/14 20:41, clipka wrote:
> 
> I suspect that the original term, like many of the fallacies' names, was
> pure latin: "argumentum ab ignorantia", literally meaning "argument from
> non-knowledge", and that it was poorly "anglicanized" later.
> 
> Alternatively, it may have been "anglicanized" at a time when the
> meaning of "ignorance" was closer to the original latin word, rather
> than the "not knowing shit" meaning it seems to be used for nowadays.
> 

I am inclined to agree with your analysis; it's a shame that fewer and
fewer people seem to have even a passing acquaintance with Latin these days.
BTW I'm not nit-picking, just correcting someone whose English is way
better than my German. The word you should have used was 'Anglicized'.
'Anglican' refers to the the Church of England.

> 
> That's indeed Occam's Razor at its best.
> 

That's why I love this newsgroup. We have an amazing collection of
logicians, mathematicians, computer scientists etc etc.

John
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It was not given to you by your parents
You hold it in trust for your children

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