Appeal to popular opinion (Logical fallacy)

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Name (Hebrew)
פנייה לדעה רווחת (כשל לוגי)
Name (Latin)
Appeal to popular opinion (Logical fallacy)
Name (Arabic)
פנייה לדעה רווחת (כשל לוגי)
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
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q251695
Library of congress: sh 98006204
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: 98-31384: Walton, D. Appeal to popular opinion, 1999:
  • Encyc. of philosophy:
Wikipedia description:

In argumentation theory, an argumentum ad populum (Latin for 'appeal to the people') is a fallacious argument which is based on claiming a truth or affirming something is good or correct because many people think so.

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