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In arguments involving past decisions or tradition, people frequently blow off a claim to tradition by using the (false) assumption that people in days gone by, or even ancient history were less able to use their powers of reason.

Is there a term for this assumption?

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Hello there, I see a lot of "what was this word" questions and answers at english.stackexchange.com – kubanczyk Dec 22 '11 at 16:16
Perhaps better for english.stackexchange.com? – mgb Dec 22 '11 at 16:18
Note that they are kind of strict about questions tagged single-word-requests there too. See english.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/single-word-requests . Still, there are tons of them. – T.E.D.♦ Apr 30 '12 at 21:03
Exceptionalism? – Eduard Florinescu Jan 29 at 22:07

closed as off topic by Steven Drennon♦ Dec 22 '11 at 18:06

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