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Ad Populam

By: Cassie Glass and Cassandra Cochran. Ad Populam.

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Ad Populam

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  1. By: Cassie Glass and Cassandra Cochran Ad Populam • The Latin name of this fallacy means "to the people." There are several versions of the ad Populam fallacy, but what they all have in common is that in them, the arguer takes advantage of the desire most people have to be liked and to fit in with others and uses that desire to try to get the audience to accept his or her argument. One of the most common versions is the bandwagon fallacy, in which the arguer tries to convince the audience to do or believe something because everyone else (supposedly) does. "Fallacies." Home | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2007. Web. 14 Apr. 2011.

  2. Ad Populam (universal example) • "Example Ad Populum." Philosophy Home Page. 25 Sept. 2009. Web. 13 Apr. 2011. • "But officer, I don't deserve a ticket;  everyone goes this speed.  If I went any slower, I wouldn't be going with the stream of traffic.“ • This example goes along with our fallacy because it is like bandwagon. the guy thought that since everyone else was going over the speed limit that he could break the law and join them.

  3. Ad Populam • Abigail and Betty. • Page. 189 Act 1 • Abigail: “… I saw Sarah Good with the devil! I saw Goody Osburne 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!” • Betty: “I saw Martha Bellows with the devil!” • Abigail: “I saw Goody Sibber with the devil! • Betty: “I saw Alice Barrow with the devil! • This part from the play proves our fallacy because it’s like bandwagon. Betty was laying on the bed not speaking until Abigail began suggesting people and Betty seen she was getting a lot of attention so she decided to jump in with her and start claiming people she had seen with the devil.

  4. Ad Populam • Parris • Page. 213 Act 3 • Parris: “ All innocent and Christian people are happy for the courts in Salem. These people are gloomy for it. And I think you will want to know, from each and everyone of them, what discontents them with you. • This part proves our fallacy because since most people believe the Salem Witch trials are right, Parris assumes that everyone thinks they are right. Our fallacy is all about some or most people thinking something is one way causes everyone to automatically believe the same way, just like Parris did with the people of Salem.

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