http://www.freethoughtpedia.com/index.php?title=Appeal_to_Belief&feed=atom&action=history Appeal to Belief - Revision history 2024-03-28T10:36:38Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.17.5 http://www.freethoughtpedia.com/index.php?title=Appeal_to_Belief&diff=9264&oldid=prev Pile: Reverted edits by Eleanor (Talk); changed back to last version by 200.26.173.114 2010-08-05T16:06:04Z <p>Reverted edits by <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Eleanor" title="Special:Contributions/Eleanor">Eleanor</a> (<a href="/index.php?title=User_talk:Eleanor&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:Eleanor (page does not exist)">Talk</a>); changed back to last version by <a href="/index.php?title=User:200.26.173.114&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User:200.26.173.114 (page does not exist)">200.26.173.114</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''AKA:''' Appeal to Majority<br /> <br /> '''Definition:''' Presenting an argument or a claim on the basis that the majority of people believe the same thing.<br /> <br /> '''General Information:''' <br /> <br /> '''Fallacy Structure:'''<br /> <br /> 1) The majority or people believe claim X to be true.<br /> <br /> 2) Therefore claim X is true.<br /> <br /> '''Example:'''<br /> <br /> Person A: The majority of the American population believes that even if Jesus was not the son of the Christian god, there was a man named Jesus who existed and was crucified approximately 33CE. Therefore, Jesus must have existed.<br /> <br /> [[category:logical fallacies]]</div> Pile