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4 Major Fallacy
4 Major Fallacy
Person L's circumstance or character is unsatisfactory (or desirable), or L does not act
in accordance with y.
II. Argumentum ad Baculum (fear of force): the fallacy committed when one appeals
to force or the threat of force to bring about the acceptance of a conclusion.
A. The ad baculum derives its strength from an appeal to human timidity or fear
and is a fallacy when the appeal is not logically related to the claim being
made. In other words, the emotion resulting from a threat rather than a pertinent
reason is used to cause agreement with the purported conclusion of the
argument.
IV. Argumentum ad Populum (popular appeal or appeal to the majority): The fallacy
of attempting to win popular assent to a conclusion by arousing the feeling and
enthusiasms of the multitude. There are several variations of this fallacy, but we will
emphasize two forms.