Errors in the use of Evidence

Question 1

“treats failure to prove a claim as constituting denial of that claim”

Answer 1

Errors in the use of Evidence: Lack of evidence for a position is taken to prove that position is false.

Question 2

“taking a lack of evidence for a claim as evidence undermining that claim”

Answer 2

Errors in the use of Evidence: Lack of evidence for a position is taken to prove that position is false.

Question 3

“treating the failure to establish that a certain claim is false as equivalent to a demonstration that the claim is true”

Answer 3

Errors in the use of Evidence: Lack of evidence against a position is taken to prove that position is true.

Question 4

“it confuses undermining an argument in support of a given conclusion with showing that the conclusion itself is false”

Answer 4

Errors in the use of Evidence: Some evidence against a position is taken to prove that position false.

Question 5

“the argument takes evidence showing merely that its conclusion could be true to constitute evidence showing that the conclusion is in fact true”

Answer 5

Errors in the use of Evidence: Some evidence for a position is taken to prove that position is true.