Personal Appeal

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Contents 1 Synonyms 2 Explanation 3 Category 4 Subfallacies 5 External Links 6 Examples in creationist arguments

Synonyms

• Ad Personam
• Ad personam fallacy
• Appeal to Motives in Place of Support
• Appeal to Personal Interest
• Argumentum ad personam
• Fallacy of Appeal to Personal Interest
• Fallacy of argumentum ad personam
• Spurious Agreement

Explanation

You commit this fallacy if you appeal to the personal preferences, dislikes, or weaknesses of those you want to convince.

Category

• Fallacy of Authority related to debates and audiences
• Irrelevancy

Subfallacies

• Appeal to Bribery
• Appeal to Flattery
• Appeal to Force
• Appeal to Private Motives
• Argument From Intimidation

External Links

• Bruce Thompson [1]

Examples in creationist arguments

See also the examples in the subfallacies.