The act of influencing another person’s thoughts, ideas, beliefs or actions, is a life skill that helps you encourage someone to subscribe to propositions you present
persuasion
these are claims based on observations that are too few or samples that are too small to be conclusive generalizations
hasty generalization
claims which are based on a person or concept’s popularity
bandwagon
claims or strategies that are not necessarily aligned with an argument, but are made to distract a person to lead him/her to false conclusiosn
red herring
claims that instead of addressing an argument made by someone, you chose to attack a person’s character or area of his/her life which may be irrelevant in order to persuade other people
ad hominem
these are propositions that claimthe truth, because it has not yet been proven false
appeal to ignorance
claims that are made to induce pity or guilt to be accepted as true
appeal to pity
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