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33 Post author: TimFreeman 19 May 2011 05:09PM

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Comment author: lessdazed 19 May 2011 11:33:03PM 0 points [-]

Is there a standard name for the logical fallacy

Hidden assumptions play a role similar to the auxiliary hypotheses which undermine naive Popperianism. The fallacy of ignoring auxiliary assumptions seems like a special case of the fallacy of presenting an argument from ignorance.