Appeal to popular opinion (Logical fallacy)
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Information for Authority record
Name (Hebrew)
פנייה לדעה רווחת (כשל לוגי)
Name (Latin)
Appeal to popular opinion (Logical fallacy)
Name (Arabic)
حجاج جماهيري
Other forms of name
Ad populum, Argumentum (Logical fallacy)
Argumentum ad populum (Logical fallacy)
Popular opinion, Appeal to (Logical fallacy)
Populum, Argumentum ad (Logical fallacy)
See Also From tracing topical name
Fallacies (Logic)
Public opinion
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q251695
Library of congress:
sh 98006204
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 98-31384: Walton, D. Appeal to popular opinion, 1999:CIP galley (appeal to popular opinion; argumentum ad populum)
- Encyc. of philosophy:v. 5, p. 64 (argumentum ad populum)
Wikipedia description:
In argumentation theory, an argumentum ad populum (Latin for 'appeal to the people') is an informal fallacy that asserts a claim is true, good, or correct because many people allegedly think so.
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