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Person A: Makes a claim. Person B: Prove it's true. Person A: No, you prove it's false! This is Shifting of the Burden of Proof. The onus probandi is on Person A (the proponent), not Person B (the skeptic) to provide evidence or a logical argument. Once this is done, the burden then shifts to the skeptic to refute the evidence or argument. Where no evidence is given, there is no reason to accept a claim that is not self-evident or at least conceivable, so there's no basis for reversing the burden of proof on Person A's part. |
answered on Tuesday, Aug 25, 2020 07:18:04 AM by TrappedPrior (RotE) | |
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"Person A: x conspiracy theory bla bla Person B: “There’s no proof that x is true.” Person A: “well, prove x is not true.” That would be an Argument from Ignorance Fallacy: Logical Forms: X is true because you cannot prove that X is false. X is false because you cannot prove that X is true. |
answered on Tuesday, Aug 25, 2020 10:48:07 PM by Jason Mathias | |
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