English Explanatory Dictionary

masked man fallacy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A fallacy of inferring that since one knows (or does not know) something by one description, one must know (or not know) it by another, as in "I know who my father is. I do not know who the masked man is. Therefore, my father is not the masked man."

Word forms

masked man fallacy masked man fallacies masked-man fallacy

Synonyms

intensional fallacy

Related words

identity of indiscernibles Leibniz's law

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