Appeal to motive
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appeal-to-motive-261-8179669
title:
Appeal to motive
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Appeal to motive is a pattern of argument which consists in challenging a thesis by calling into question the motives of its proposer. It can be considered as a special case of the ad hominem circumstantial argument. As such, this type of argument is an informal fallacy. A common feature of appeals to motive is that only the possibility of a motive is shown, without showing the motive actually existed or, if the motive did exist, that the motive played a role in forming the argument and its conc
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Questioning the motives of the proposer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_motive
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2023-12-29T09:04:20Z
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