Tag: ignoratio elenchi

• On being offended by ‘ trivial ’ matters.

  So … What’s your point ‽ Appeal to emotion Appeal to emotion or argumentum ad passiones is a logical fallacy which uses the manipulation of the recipient’s emotions, rather than valid logic, to win an argument. The appeal to emotion fallacy uses emotions as the basis of an argument’s position without factual evidence that logically supports the…

  Sunday, June 22nd — 2014:06:22

  Misfit

• On being offended by ‘ trivial ’ matters.

  

  Appeal to emotion Appeal to emotion or argumentum ad passiones is a logical fallacy which uses the manipulation of the recipient’s emotions, rather than valid logic, to win an argument. The appeal to emotion fallacy uses emotions as the basis of an argument’s position without factual evidence that logically supports the major ideas endorsed by…

  Sunday, June 22nd — 2014:06:22

  Misfit