Divine fallacy

The divine fallacy, also known as argument from incredulity,[1] is the argument that, because something is so incredible/amazing/ununderstandable, it must be the result of superior, divine, alien or paranormal agency.[2]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Carroll, Robert T. "divine fallacy (argument from incredulity)". The Skeptic's Dictionary. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  2. ↑ Sen, Madhucchanda (2011). An Introduction to Critical Thinking. Pearson Education India. Retrieved 2016-11-26.


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