Argumentum ad logicam

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Argumentum ad logicam (argument to logic)- assuming that something is false simply because a proof or argument that someone has offered for it is invalid; fallacious because there may be another proof or argument that successfully supports the proposition. This fallacy often appears in the context of a straw man argument.