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⟨ ⟩Argument from Lack of Evidence (Negative Evidence)Concludes that a proposition is (defeasibly) false because, if it were true, evidence for it should by now have been fou
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- Is the absence of positive evidence strong enough to justify concluding ¬A, or only to justify withholding belief in A?Open
- Is the absence of evidence due to absence of investigation rather than to A's being false?Open
- Could disconfirming or null findings have been suppressed, unpublished, or systematically under-reported (file-drawer / publication bias)?Open
- Has the investigative regime actually been adequate (well-funded, well-powered, well-designed) to detect E if A were true?Open
- Could A be true but produce only a weak signal that escapes detection at the prevailing statistical thresholds?Open
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