Invincible ignorance fallacy
The invincible ignorance fallacy,ad lapidem fallacy, in which the person rejects all the evidence and logic presented, without providing any evidence or logic that could lead to a different conclusion.
History
The term Aquinas, for instance, uses it in his Summa Theologica (written 1265–1274),[3] and discussion of the concept can be found as far back as Origen (3rd century).
When and how the term was taken by logicians to refer to the very different state of persons who deliberately refuse to attend to evidence remains unclear, but one of its first uses was in the book Fallacy: The Counterfeit of Argument by W. Ward Fearnside and William B. Holther[4] in 1959.
See also
References
- ^ "Invincible Ignorance" by Bruce Thompson, Department of Humanities (Philosophy), Cuyamaca College
- ^ "Argument by Pigheadedness". www.logicallyfallacious.com. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- ^ Aquinas, Summa Theologica Ia IIae q.76 a.2 Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ISBN 978-0-13-301770-0.