ignotum per ignotius
English
Etymology
Latin for the unknown by the more unknown.
Noun
ignotum per ignotius
- An attempt to explain something obscure in terms of something else which is even more obscure.
- (logic) A type of fallacious argument in which one attempts to prove something unknown by relying upon an assumption that is also unknown.
Related terms
- ignotum per aeque ignotum
References
- “ignotum per ignotius” in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989, →ISBN.