Which of the following arguments commits the fallacy of appeal to ignorance?
A. an argument that contains a grammatical error, which allows more than one conclusion to be drawn
B. an argument that claims we should not believe something because the person making the argument is not an authority in that field
C. an argument that some claim must be false because no one can prove that it is true
D. an argument in which one of the key terms in it changes meaning during its course
Answer: C
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