• Appeal to emotion or argumentum ad passiones (meaning the same in Latin) is an informal fallacy characterized by the manipulation of the recipient's emotions...
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  • feelings of pity or guilt. It is a specific kind of appeal to emotion. The name "Galileo argument" refers to the scientist's suffering as a result of his house...
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  • or position, attempting to inspire a strong emotional reaction (making it a type of appeal to emotion) in the audience and to highlight any counter-intuitive...
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  • Therefore, P is true. The argument is invalid. The appeal to emotion is used in exploiting existing fears to create support for the speaker's proposal, namely...
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    purpose of emotion dates back to Charles Darwin. Current areas of research include the neuroscience of emotion, using tools like PET and fMRI scans to study...
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  • belief) to be either true or false based on whether the premise leads to desirable or undesirable consequences. This is based on an appeal to emotion and...
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  • Appeal to tradition (also known as argumentum ad antiquitatem or argumentum ad antiquitam, appeal to antiquity, or appeal to common practice) is a claim...
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  • brown nosing, appeal to pride, appeal to vanity or argumentum ad superbiam. The appeal to flattery is a specific kind of appeal to emotion. Flattery is...
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  • attempt to distract from the initial discussion. Appeal to emotion – manipulating the emotions of the listener rather than using valid reasoning to obtain...
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    obscurantism are: (1) the deliberate restriction of knowledge — opposition to the dissemination of knowledge; and (2) deliberate obscurity — a recondite...
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  • Tone policing (redirect from Appeal to tone)
    may be useful when responding to a statement that itself does not have rational content, such as an appeal to emotion. The notion of tone policing became...
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    Schadenfreude (category Social emotions)
    detected in children as young as 24 months and may be an important social emotion establishing "inequity aversion". Schadenfreude is a term borrowed from...
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  • The appeal to novelty (also called appeal to modernity or argumentum ad novitatem) is a fallacy in which one prematurely claims that an idea or proposal...
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  • manipulative behaviors to harassment or abuse thresholds, requiring consultation with legal professionals for appropriate recourse. Appeal to emotion Brainwashing...
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  • Pathos (category Emotion)
    Greek: πάθος, romanized: páthos, lit. 'suffering or experience') appeals to the emotions and ideals of the audience and elicits feelings that already reside...
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  • Other names for the fallacy include: appeal to (common) belief appeal to popularity appeal to the majority appeal to the masses argument from consensus...
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    They are critical for the production of emotion. They are known to be very important for negative emotions, especially fear. Amygdala activation often...
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  • refers to the first-hand involvement or direct experiences and choices of a given person, and the knowledge that they gain from it, as opposed to the knowledge...
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  • Philosophy portal "And you are lynching Negroes" Appeal to authority Appeal to emotion Appeal to motive The Art of Being Right Character assassination...
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    generate a value judgement that can lead to an emotion. The appeal to emotion is in contrast to an appeal to logic and reason. Authors R. Malcolm Murray...
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  • highly valued concepts attract general approval and acclaim. Their appeal is to emotions such as love of country and home, and desire for peace, freedom...
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    it refers to children's rights (as in discussions of child labor). In debate, it is a plea for pity that is used as an appeal to emotion, and therefore...
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  • of accepting the facts as they are?” which causes the audience to mimic the emotions presented by the speaker. Russell's claims are supported by Frank...
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  • criticized, both as an example of a fallacious appeal to emotion and for an underlying premise which seems to reject rationalism. Although mainstream science...
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  • scorns any appeal to emotion. Pan disappears, leaving a note saying "Gone to look for your imagination". Distraught, Lyra guesses that Pan may go to the Blue...
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  • self-regulation of emotion or emotion regulation is the ability to respond to the ongoing demands of experience with the range of emotions in a manner that...
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  • argumentum ad verecundiam (appeal to shamefacedness/modesty) because it appeals to the fear of humiliation by appearing disrespectful to a particular authority...
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  • controlled is a transaction between two people with both playing a part. Appeal to emotion Codependency Controlling behavior Coercive persuasion Double bind...
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  • changes) result in fear appeal success via the danger control process. It also concludes that fear appeals fail when the fear emotion is reduced via the fear...
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    Psychological pain (category Emotion)
    and mental agony. Borderline patients may feel overwhelmed by negative emotions, experiencing intense grief instead of sadness, shame and humiliation instead...
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