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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, often because one of the premises contains an internal contradiction. 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==
*[[Communist]]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.
*[[Evolutionists]] use the [[argument from poor design]] to attempt to disprove [[creationism]]; however, according to evolutionism, natural selection should have selected out all suboptimal designs.
*[[Evolutionists]] use the [[argument from poor design]] to attempt to disprove [[creationism]]; however, according to evolutionism, natural selection should have selected out all suboptimal designs.
*Liberals keep bringing up a subject just to say that that they are not interested in it, which they would not do if they were genuinely not interested in it.
*Liberals keep bringing up a subject just to say that that they are not interested in it, which they would not do if they were genuinely not interested in it.
*The common writing advice "Never use [[adverb]]s" is problematic because "never" is an adverb.
==See also==
==See also==