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A more accurate statement would be that socialists claim private property is theft from the community; there is no contradiction
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. The term "stolen concept" referst to a concept that is "stolen" from the [[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. The term "stolen concept" referst to a concept that is "stolen" from the [[out of context|context]] that gives that concept meaning.
==Examples==
==Examples==
*[[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.
*Liberals argue that the debt ceiling should be raised whenever reached. This argument makes the entire ceiling worthless in preventing excessive spending.
*Liberals argue that the debt ceiling should be raised whenever reached. This argument makes the entire ceiling worthless in preventing excessive spending.
*[[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.
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Reductio Ad Absurdum]], a form of argument that can be used to expose a stolen concept
*[[Reductio Ad Absurdum]], a form of argument that can be used to expose a stolen concept