| Secret Knowledge |
Secret Knowledge FallacyWhenever a logical fallacy is committed, the fallacy has its roots in Agrippa's trilemma. All human thought (without Divine revelation) is based on one of three unhappy possibilities. These three possibilities are infinite regression, circular reasoning, or axiomatic thinking. This is known as Agrippa's trilemma. Some have claimed that only logic and math can be known; however, that is not true. Without Divine revelation, neither logic nor math can be known. Science is limited only to pragmatic thinking because of the weakness of human reasoning, which is known as Agrippa's trilemma. Secret knowledge, a form of axiomatic thinking, is one of these three unhappy possibilities. The Secret Knowledge Fallacy occurs when knowledge is claimed that is only given to a certain person or group of persons, and there is no way that anyone else can check it out this secret knowledge. Examples of the Secret Knowledge FallacyGnosticism taught secret knowledge that only special people could know.
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