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Definition of Ignoratio elenchi
1. Noun. The logical fallacy of supposing that an argument proving an irrelevant point has proved the point at issue.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ignoratio Elenchi
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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