Appeal to Popularity
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Synonyms
- Ad Numerum
- Ad Populum
- Ad populum fallacy
- Appeal to Majority
- Appeal to Mass Opinion
- Appeal to Numbers
- Appeal to People
- Appeal to Popular Pieties
- Appeal to Popular Prejudice
- Appeal to the Gallery
- Appeal to the Majority
- Appeal to the Masses
- Appeal to the Mob
- Appeal to the Mob Instinct
- Appeal to the Multitude
- Appeal to the People
- Appeal to the Public
- Appeal to What is Popular
- Appealing to the Gallery
- Appealing to the People
- Arguing by the Numbers
- Argument by Consensus
- Argument from Consensus
- Argument from Popularity
- Argument to Numbers
- Argument to the People
- Argument to the Public
- Argumentum ad numerum
- Argumentum ad populum
- Authority of the Many
- Bandwagon
- Bandwagon Fallacy
- Common Belief
- Consensus Gentium
- Consensus Gentium Fallacy
- Democratic Fallacy
- Fallacy of argumentum ad populum
- Fallacy of consensus gentium
- Mob Appeal
- Ostracism
- Peer Pressure
- Popularity
- To the People
Explanation
"Lots of people believe this, it must be right."
Category
Subfallacies
Twin Fallacy
External Links
- Bruce Thompson [1]
- Fallacy Files [2]
- Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy [3]
- Wikipedia [4]
- Agnosticism/Atheism [5]
- Stephen Downes [6]
Examples in creationist arguments
See also the examples in the subfallacies.
