Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "In argumentation theory, an argumentum ad populum (Latin for \"appeal to the people\") is a fallacious argument that concludes that a proposition is true because many or most people believe it: \"If many believe so, it is so.\"This type of argument is known by several names, including appeal to the masses, appeal to belief, appeal to the majority, appeal to democracy, appeal to popularity, argument by consensus, consensus fallacy, authority of the many, and bandwagon fallacy (also known as a vox populi), and in Latin as argumentum ad numerum (\"appeal to the number\"), and consensus gentium (\"agreement of the clans\"). "@en }
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- Argumentum_ad_populum comment "In argumentation theory, an argumentum ad populum (Latin for \"appeal to the people\") is a fallacious argument that concludes that a proposition is true because many or most people believe it: \"If many believe so, it is so.\"This type of argument is known by several names, including appeal to the masses, appeal to belief, appeal to the majority, appeal to democracy, appeal to popularity, argument by consensus, consensus fallacy, authority of the many, and bandwagon fallacy (also known as a vox populi), and in Latin as argumentum ad numerum (\"appeal to the number\"), and consensus gentium (\"agreement of the clans\"). ".