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Ignotum per ignotius, a Latin phrase meaning literally "the unknown by the more unknown," is an explanation more unfamiliar than the concept which it seeks to explain.
For example, "The oven felt hot because of Fourier's Law." It is unlikely that a person unfamiliar with the hotness of ovens would be illuminated by a reference to the fundamental laws of physics. Of course, such a person might exist in theory, so ignotum per ignotius is not strictly a logical fallacy; it is just a criticism of an argument which is not useful in a particular context.
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