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- Title
On Common Knowledge and Ad Populum: Acceptance as Grounds for Acceptability.
- Authors
Godden, David M.
- Abstract
The article looks at the role of acceptance in establishing acceptability. The relationship between appeals to popular opinion and appeals to common knowledge is compared. The author argues that appeals to common knowledge are typically as successful as appeals ad populum. A feature used to distinguish popular opinion from common knowledge is proposed. The fallaciousness of popular opinion is considered. The viewpoint of Douglas Walton on argument from popularity is presented. The role of common knowledge in argument is also reviewed.
- Subjects
APPEAL to popular opinion (Logical fallacy); PUBLIC opinion; SOCIAL acceptance; PHILOSOPHY; KNOWLEDGE base; RHETORIC
- Publication
Philosophy & Rhetoric, 2008, Vol 41, Issue 2, p101
- ISSN
0031-8213
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/par.0.0000