logical fallacy Archives - Mike South The institute for the advance study of insensitivity and pornography Mon, 01 Apr 2019 04:52:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://i0.wp.com/mikesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 logical fallacy Archives - Mike South 32 32 1788040 Pathos: Hysterical Appeal to Emotion is Manipulation, Not Argument https://mikesouth.com/industry/pathos-hysterical-appeal-to-emotion-is-manipulation-not-argument-44710/ https://mikesouth.com/industry/pathos-hysterical-appeal-to-emotion-is-manipulation-not-argument-44710/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2019 04:34:45 +0000 http://mikesouth.com/?p=44710 Did you ever notice that people who can state no valid logical argument, or who have in fact already lost the debate, turn to emotion to try to gain or regain favor?  From tearjerking press conferences to Twitter meltdowns, it’s a trick and it happens all the time. Argumentum ad passione and ad misericordiam Appeal to emotion […]

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