Jumping to a Conclusion: Fallacies and Standards of Proof

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Five errors that fit under the category of jumping to a conclusion are identified: (1) arguing from premises that are insufficient asevidence to prove a conclusion (2) fallacious argument from ignorance, (3) arguing to a wrong conclusion, (4) using defeasible reasoning without being open to exceptions, and (5) overlooking/suppressing evidence. It is shown that jumping to a conclusion is best seen not as a fallacy itself, but as a more general category of faulty argumentation pattern underlying these errors and some related fallacies.