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The fallacy of the '''stolen [[concept]]''', also known as the fallacy of the '''self-negating statement''', is the [[logical fallacy]] of implicitly affirming what one wants to disprove or, alternatively, implicitly denying what one wants to prove. That is, the [[conclusion]] [[contradiction|contradicts]] one of the [[premise]]s. More formally, the fallacy starts with a premise ''P'' and somehow reaches the conclusion not-''P''. The term "stolen concept" refers to a concept that is "stolen" from the [[quoting out of context|context]] that gives that concept meaning.
The fallacy of the '''stolen [[concept]]''', also known as the fallacy of the '''self-negating statement''', is the [[logical fallacy]] of implicitly affirming what one wants to disprove or, alternatively, implicitly denying what one wants to prove. That is, the [[conclusion]] [[contradiction|contradicts]] one of the [[premise]]s. More formally, the fallacy starts with a premise ''P'' and somehow reaches the conclusion not-''P''. The term "stolen concept" refers to a concept that is "stolen" from the [[quoting out of context|context]] that gives that concept meaning.
==Examples==
==Examples==
*[[Socialist]]s claim that property is theft, but the concept of theft presupposes a right to own property.
*[[Communist]]s claim that property is theft, but the concept of theft presupposes a right to own property.
*[[postmodernism|Postmodernists]] claim to know objectively that objective knowledge is impossible.
*[[postmodernism|Postmodernists]] claim to know objectively that objective knowledge is impossible.
*[[Liberal Christianity|Liberal Christians]] claim that the [[Bible]], when [[Cafeteria Christianity|"rightly" divided]] and [[allegorical interpretation|"correctly" interpreted]], is the ultimate authority on [[faith]]. However, for that to work, the truly ultimate authority on faith would be the standard used for choosing which Bible verses to follow and for interpreting them, not the Bible itself.
*[[Liberal Christianity|Liberal Christians]] claim that the [[Bible]], when [[Cafeteria Christianity|"rightly" divided]] and [[allegorical interpretation|"correctly" interpreted]], is the ultimate authority on [[faith]]. However, for that to work, the truly ultimate authority on faith would be the standard used for choosing which Bible verses to follow and for interpreting them, not the Bible itself.