Apedia

 Is A  In   And  An  Ad Hoc  Hypothesis

Text In 
science
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science
 and 
philosophy
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophy
, an 
ad hoc hypothesis is a 
hypothesis
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis
 added to a 
theory
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory
 in order to save it from being 
falsified
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsified
It is compensating for anomalies not anticipated by the theory in its unmodified form.

Tags: fallacies

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