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Appeal to emotion or argumentum ad passiones (meaning the same in Latin) is an informal fallacy characterized by the manipulation of the recipient's emotions in order to win an argument, especially in the absence of factual evidence. [1]
The book synthesized emotions and neurology and introduced the concept that action is a result of impression. Hartley determined that emotions drive people to react to appeals based on circumstance but also passions made up of cognitive impulses. [19] Campbell argues that belief and persuasion depend heavily on the force of an emotional appeal ...
Fallacies based on arguing for or against a proposition on emotional grounds. Pages in category "Appeals to emotion" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
Pathos (plural: pathea) is an appeal to the audience's emotions. [ 6 ] : 42 The terms sympathy , pathetic , and empathy are derived from it. It can be in the form of metaphor , simile , a passionate delivery, or even a simple claim that a matter is unjust.
An appeal to pity (also called argumentum ad misericordiam, the sob story, or the Galileo argument) [1] [2] is a fallacy in which someone tries to win support for an argument or idea by exploiting one's opponent's feelings of pity or guilt. It is a specific kind of appeal to emotion. The name "Galileo argument" refers to the scientist's ...
A person experiencing such an emotion has incorrectly valued an indifferent thing. [5] A fault of judgement, some false notion of good or evil, lies at the root of each passion. [6] Incorrect judgement as to a present good gives rise to delight, while lust is a wrong estimate about the future. [6]
Ahead of the verdicts, attorneys gave closing arguments during Anthony Patterson's trial on 13 counts of child sexual assault and trafficking.
For this reason, they have an emotive dimension. In the modern psychological terminology, we can say that these terms carry "emotional valence", [9] as they presuppose and generate a value judgement that can lead to an emotion. [10] The appeal to emotion is in contrast to an appeal to logic and reason.