Topic: Is there REALLY such a thing as appeal to emotion fallacy?
Anonymous A started this discussion 12 years ago #38,085
If there is, then doesn't the usefulness of logic and reason rely on this very fallacy? We have people with all kinds of desires and at the end of the day it is what appeals most to them that really wins the argument of usefulness, doesn't it?Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 12 years ago, 27 minutes later[^] [v] #510,102
@OP check your autism
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Appeals to emotion are like any other kind of appeal to X. Sometimes they are fallacious and sometimes they are not.
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Yes, it is real. The Appeal to Emotion fallacy involves making an allegedly logical argument, but based only on the hearer's emotional reactions. For example, lawmakers do this all the time when they try to push some law through by saying, "Don't you care about the children?"