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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD IGNORATIO ELENCHI

Latin: an ignorance of proof, translating Greek elenchou agnoia.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF IGNORATIO ELENCHI

ignoratio elenchi  [ˌɪɡnəˈreɪʃɪəʊ ɪˈlɛŋkaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IGNORATIO ELENCHI

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Ignoratio elenchi is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IGNORATIO ELENCHI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Ignoratio elenchi

Ignoratio elenchi, also known as irrelevant conclusion, is the informal fallacy of presenting an argument that may or may not be logically valid, but fails nonetheless to address the issue in question. Ignoratio elenchi falls into the broad class of relevance fallacies. It is one of the fallacies identified by Aristotle in his Organon. In a broader sense he asserted that all fallacies are a form of ignoratio elenchi. Ignoratio Elenchi, according to Aristotle, is a fallacy which arises from “ignorance of the nature of refutation.” In order to refute an assertion, Aristotle says we must prove it's contradictory; the proof, consequently, of a proposition which stood in any other relation than that to the original, would be an ignoratio elenchi… Since Aristotle, the scope of the fallacy has been extended to include all cases of proving the wrong point… “I am required to prove a certain conclusion; I prove, not that, but one which...

Definition of ignoratio elenchi in the English dictionary

The definition of ignoratio elenchi in the dictionary is a purported refutation of a proposition that does not in fact prove it false but merely establishes a related but strictly irrelevant proposition. Other definition of ignoratio elenchi is the fallacy of arguing in this way.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH IGNORATIO ELENCHI


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caille
kaɪ
chi
kaɪ
disci
ˈdɪskaɪ
elenchi
ɪˈlɛŋkaɪ
ensky
ɪnˈskaɪ
foci
ˈfəʊkaɪ
Gracchi
ˈɡrækaɪ
kai
kaɪ
kye
kaɪ
Mackay
məˈkaɪ
Malachi
ˈmæləˌkaɪ
Mordecai
ˌmɔːdəˈkaɪ
rhonchi
ˈrɒŋkaɪ
rocaille
rɒˈkaɪ
sakai
ˈsakaɪ
sky
skaɪ
Skye
skaɪ
spy-in-the-sky
ˌspaɪɪnðəˈskaɪ
streptococci
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IGNORATIO ELENCHI

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WORDS THAT END LIKE IGNORATIO ELENCHI

Balochi
Bauchi
chichi
Chukchi
gnocchi
hibachi
Hitachi
Karachi
kimchi
Kochi
litchi
makunouchi
mariachi
mirchi
Noguchi
Penchi
Ranchi
ronchi
Sochi
Tamagotchi

Synonyms and antonyms of ignoratio elenchi in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «ignoratio elenchi» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

ignoratio elenchi
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Translator English - Hindi

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ignoratio elenchi
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ignoratio elenchi
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ignoratio elenchi
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Translator English - Bengali

অজ্ঞতা এলেনচি
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ignoratio elenchi
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Ignoratio elenchi
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ignoratio elenchi
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Translator English - Japanese

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ignoratio elenchi
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Ignoratio elenchi
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ignoratio elenchi
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Translator English - Tamil

புறக்கணிப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अज्ञानता एलेनची
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ignoratio elenchi
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Translator English - Italian

ignoratio elenchi
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ignoratio elenchi
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Translator English - Swedish

ignoratio elenchi
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Translator English - Norwegian

ignoratio elenchi
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Trends of use of ignoratio elenchi

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IGNORATIO ELENCHI»

The term «ignoratio elenchi» is used very little and occupies the 167.864 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IGNORATIO ELENCHI» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ignoratio elenchi

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IGNORATIO ELENCHI»

Discover the use of ignoratio elenchi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ignoratio elenchi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Informal Logic: A Handbook for Critical Argumentation
In addition to the general categories of relevance and irrelevance, the examples we have studied suggest several specific ways in which the ignoratio elenchi can be committed in practice. We have distinguished several kinds of criticisms of ...
Douglas N. Walton, 1989
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Bertrand Russell: Language, knowledge and the world
Let us, firstly, call 'ignoratio elenchi by redefinition any instance of ignoratio elenchi in which (i) the same sentence expresses both the proposition which ought to be proved and the proposition which is confused with it and where (ii) in the ...
A. D. Irvine, 1999
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Articles on Relevance Fallacies, Including: Ignoratio ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Hephaestus Books, 2011
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Relevance in Argumentation
As we will see in chapter 3, this type of casewastaken upbythe modern logic textbooks as a key example of ignoratio elenchi. Whately«s exposition of the Aristotelian ignoratio elenchi fallacy, and the examples he usedtoillustrate it, are very ...
Douglas Walton, 2003
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Aristotle on Fallacies: Or, The Sophistici Elenchi
4] This sentence shews the affinity, in Aristotle's mind, between the fallacies ignoratio elenchi and secundum quid (see note 3 to ch. viii). In this treatise (see ch. v, vi, vii) tk- \ei\jns is always used to denote ignoratio elenchi. In the Rhetoric ...
Aristotle, 1866
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Aristotle on fallacies or the sophistici elenchi with a ...
4] This sentence shews the affinity, in Aristotle's mind, between the fallacies ignoratio elenchi and secundum quid (see note 3 to ch. viii). In this treatise (see ch. v, vi, vii) {AAenlm- is always used to denote ignoratio elenchi. In the Rhetoric  ...
Aristoteles, Edward Poste, 1866
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Aristotle on Fallacies; or, the Sophistici Elenchi. With a ...
4] This sentence shews the affinity, in Aristotle's mind, between the fallacies ignoratio elenchi and secundum quid (see note 3 to ch. viii). In this treatise (see ch. v, vi, vii) é'AAeu/ns is always used to denote ignoratio elenchi. In the Rhetoric  ...
Aristotle, Edward POSTE, 1866
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Practical Reasoning: International Conference on Formal and ...
What Whately has done is to substitute for the non-cause fallacy of On Sophistical Refutations a different fallacy, and then make a point of saying that it doesn't fit Aristotle's classification. 2.4 Ignoratio Elenchi On Aristotle's view ignoratio elenchi  ...
Dov M. Gabbay, Hans Jürgen Ohlbach, 1996
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Strategies of Argument: Essays in Ancient Ethics, ...
Table 7.1 Aristotle's classification of apparent refutations Due to language (SE 4): Outside oflanguage (SE 5): homonymy accident amphiboly composition division secundum quid ignoratio elenchi consequent accent form of expression ...
Mi-Kyoung Lee, 2014
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Fallacies: Classical and Contemporary Readings
category of refutations not dependent on language: accident, secundum quid, consequent, non-cause, begging the question, ignoratio elenchi, and many questions. Aristotle's fallacy of accident is perhaps the most difficult of all his fallacies to ...
Hans V. Hansen, Robert C. Pinto, 1995

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IGNORATIO ELENCHI»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ignoratio elenchi is used in the context of the following news items.
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If the Children Dared to Speak « LRB blog - London Review of Books
... and what's more in PR terms the name Jeremy by its unfortunate associations can therefore be deemed ignoratio elenchi for Islington . «London Review of Books, Jul 15»
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A national crisis
So, why this patent ignoratio elenchi, that which logicians characterize as the fallacy of the certified cretin? If rationality is what allows planes to ... «Manila Standard Today, Jul 15»
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The Lib Dem Lords Paradox
... and what's more in PR terms the name Jeremy by its unfortunate associations can therefore be deemed ignoratio elenchi for Islington . «London Review of Books, May 15»
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Episode 15: Sinn Féin changes the maths
... and what's more in PR terms the name Jeremy by its unfortunate associations can therefore be deemed ignoratio elenchi for Islington . «London Review of Books, Apr 15»
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Bear Markets
... and what's more in PR terms the name Jeremy by its unfortunate associations can therefore be deemed ignoratio elenchi for Islington . «London Review of Books, Apr 15»
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Risk Assessments
... and what's more in PR terms the name Jeremy by its unfortunate associations can therefore be deemed ignoratio elenchi for Islington . «London Review of Books, Apr 15»
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Rhodes Must Fall
... and what's more in PR terms the name Jeremy by its unfortunate associations can therefore be deemed ignoratio elenchi for Islington . «London Review of Books, Apr 15»
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Name Calling
... name Jeremy by its unfortunate associations can therefore be deemed ignoratio elenchi for Islington ... JudyS on History Man: Starkey is what ... «London Review of Books, Mar 15»
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In Battersea
... and what's more in PR terms the name Jeremy by its unfortunate associations can therefore be deemed ignoratio elenchi for Islington . «London Review of Books, Mar 15»
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Comments on “Random Psychopathic Dog Haters”
... and what's more in PR terms the name Jeremy by its unfortunate associations can therefore be deemed ignoratio elenchi for Islington . «London Review of Books, Mar 15»

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