Informal Logic¶
Walton, D. (2008). Informal Logic: A Pragmatic Approach. Cambridge University Press.
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2 citations across 2 artifacts.
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Domain-specific¶
- Ad Baculum (Appeal to Force)
- "I will comply, and I still do not believe you" is not a contradiction; the threat scores a behavioral victory while losing the epistemic one it pretends to win. Not ad hominem. Both are relevance fallacies, but ad hominem attacks the source of a claim to discredit it, whereas ad baculum threatens the listener to coerce assent
This sourceWalton's informal-logic text, which treats the appeal to force (ad baculum) as a threatening move distinct from the ad hominem's direct attack on the arguer.
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“The fallacy of the argumentum {{{ad baculum}}} (appeal to force) is said to be committed”
- "I will comply, and I still do not believe you" is not a contradiction; the threat scores a behavioral victory while losing the epistemic one it pretends to win. Not ad hominem. Both are relevance fallacies, but ad hominem attacks the source of a claim to discredit it, whereas ad baculum threatens the listener to coerce assent
- Appeal to probability
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