Can I coin my own logical fallacy known as argumentum ad changum topicum?
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AntigoneRising
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You can, and I would say you have. That phrase seems to describe a common debating tactic - although the word 'debate' is probably a misnomer when the tactic is used. If I knew any Latin I would coin my own, "Argument against a question that wasn't asked."
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"Ignoratio elenchi (also known as irrelevant conclusion or irrelevant thesis) is the formal fallacy of presenting an argument that may in itself be valid, but doesn't address the issue in question. "Ignoratio elenchi" can be roughly translated by ignorance of refutation, that is, ignorance of what a refutation is; "elenchi" is from the Greek Îλεγχος, meaning an argument of disproof or refutation." "Similar to ignoratio elenchi, a red herring is an argument, given in reply, that does not address the original issue. Critically, a red herring is a deliberate attempt to change the subject or divert the argument." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignoratio_elenchi
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