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'People have seen ghosts for centuries, and no one has proved that ghosts do not exist. Therefore, ghosts are real.' This indicates which fallacy?

AArgument from ignorance (ad ignorantiam) ✓ Correct
BAd hominem
CBegging the question
DRed herring
Correct answer: (A) Argument from ignorance (ad ignorantiam)
Explanation

The claim that ghosts are real rests on no one having proved that they are not.

Absence of a disproof is treated as if it were positive proof.

Long-standing sightings are hearsay, not evidence of existence.

Lack of evidence against a claim never establishes the claim as true.

Concluding truth from an unproven falsity is the argument from ignorance, ad ignorantiam.

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