ignotum per ignotius

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Etymology

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From Latin ignōtum per ignōtius, “[to explain] the unknown by the more unknown”.

Phrase

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ignotum per ignotius

  1. An attempt to explain something obscure in terms of something else which is even more obscure.
  2. (logic) A type of fallacious argument in which one attempts to prove something unknown by relying upon an assumption that is also unknown.

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