Appeal to Pity: Argumentum ad Misericordiam¶
Walton, D. N. Appeal to Pity: Argumentum ad Misericordiam: Argumentum ad Misericordiam.
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- Ad Misericordiam (Appeal to Pity)
- Argumentum ad misericordiam — "appeal to pity" — is the informal fallacy in which an arguer attempts to win acceptance of a claim or recommendation by evoking sympathy, compassion, or pity in the audience rather than by supplying evidence or reasoning bearing on the claim's truth
This sourceState University of New York Press, 1997.
- Argumentum ad misericordiam — "appeal to pity" — is the informal fallacy in which an arguer attempts to win acceptance of a claim or recommendation by evoking sympathy, compassion, or pity in the audience rather than by supplying evidence or reasoning bearing on the claim's truth
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