Alien Insomniac on Life after WWIII: A fallacious appeal

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

A fallacious appeal

In philosophy, a fallacious appeal to popularity is usually the charge when someone names a specific number of people and says that is why we should accept whatever they're saying..."300,000,000 people can't be wrong." The reason it is called a fallacy is that whatever number is presented is not... Sign in to see full entry.

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