ignotum per ignotius

ignotum per ignotius
a) An attempt to explain something obscure in terms of something else which is even more obscure.
b) A type of fallacious argument in which one attempts to prove something unknown by relying upon an assumption that is also unknown.
See Also: ignotum per aeque ignotum

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