Ad Populum Appeal to Popularity Bandwagon By Gabby

Ad Populum Appeal to Popularity Bandwagon By: Gabby Finn

Ad Populum- In logic, an argumentum ad populum (Latin: "appeal to the people") is a fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be. . . Appeal to Popularity- Most people approve of X (have favorable emotions towards X). Therefore X is true. Bandwagon- A psychological phenomenon whereby people do something primarily because other people are doing it, regardless of their own beliefs, which they may ignore or override.

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E L IB C U R C E H T M O R EXAMPLES F Act 1 (pg 189) Abigail: “ I want to open myself! I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of jesus! I danced for the Devil; I saw him: I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss his hand. I saw Sarah Good with the devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridget Bishop with the Devil!” Betty: “ I saw George Jacobs with the devil! I saw Goody Howe with the devil!. . . I saw Martha Bellow with the devil! Parris: "She speaks!" Hale: “ Glory to God! It is broken, they are free!” Abigail: “ I saw Goody Sibber with the devil!” Putnam: “The Marshal. I’ll call the Marshal!” Betty: “ I saw Alice Barrow with the devil!” Hale: “ Let the Marshal bring irons!” Abigail claims that she sees several women with the dvil, once she proposes this idea all of the other girls jump on bandwagon and follows the other girls.

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