Project Logicality | Logical Fallacies: The Appeal to Force

  Here we discuss the appeal to force, just for the sake of annoying pedantry, the argument from the cudgel, or the ad baculum fallacy. It’s an informal, language-derived argument, often an irrelevant appeal, to compel compliance or even merely seeming agreement with a claim using force or its threat, whether physical, psychological, or legal. …

Project Logicality | Logical Fallacies: The Argument from Final Consequences

What happens when we confuse cause and effect? What mistakes do we make in thinking backwards from effects to causes, based on little more than our preference or distaste for the perceived outcome or desired conclusion? Here, we discuss the Argument from Final Consequences, a form of emotional appeal. It's a form of argument from intent, …