I had heard of a Latin word or phrase that describes the head count argument. Does anyone know it?
BTW, an example of a head count argument. “98% of the people believe in God or an afterlife so it must be true.”
I had heard of a Latin word or phrase that describes the head count argument. Does anyone know it?
BTW, an example of a head count argument. “98% of the people believe in God or an afterlife so it must be true.”
Thank you!
Our latin lesson for the day.
An argumentum ad populum (Latin: “appeal to the people”), in logic, is a fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or all people believe it; it alleges that “If many believe so, it is so.” In ethics this argument is stated, “if many find it acceptable, it is acceptable.”