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Meaningless statement
{{about|meaningless rhetoric|the literary use|Nonsense verse}}
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A '''meaningless statement''' sometimes referred to as a "Philbiner" after Deputy White House Council Patrick Philbin,   posits nothing of substance with which one could agree or disagree. In the context of [[logical argument]]s, the inclusion of a meaningless statement in the premises will undermine the validity of the argument since that premise can neither be true nor false.

There are many classes of meaningless statement:

(contracted; show full)* [[Non sequitur (logic)]]
* [[Nonsense]]

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