Argument from popular belief
Revision as of 17:11, 4 April 2014 by Woozle (talk | contribs) (Created page with "<hide> page type::article thing type::logical fallacy category:logical fallacies </hide> ==About== An argument from popular belief is any argument which presum...")
About
An argument from popular belief is any argument which presumes that a belief which is very popular must therefore be true.
This is also known as argumentum ad populum and the bandwagon fallacy. It is often presented (sometimes satirically) in the form "X million people can't be wrong".
Links
Reference
- Wikipedia
- Conservapedia
: "homosexuals argue that because same-sex "marriage" is increasingly accepted and indeed has the approval of voters in three states, it must be moral." - RationalWiki
