Traditional argument

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A tradition argument , tradition reference or tradition Appeal ( Latin argumentum ad antiquitatem , English appeal to tradition , appeal to antiquity , appeal to traditional wisdom , proof from tradition , appeal to past practice , traditional wisdom or appeal to common practice ) is a fallacy . It is particularly used in rhetoric .

The traditional argument is a special case of the argumentum ad naturam and an argument of authority . The counterpart to the traditional argument is the argumentum ad novitatem .

shape

A traditional argument has the following form:

  1. X was made like this for a long time.
  2. So X should still be done.

Examples

  • "We have always done it that way."
  • "I won't let anyone tell me anything younger than me."
  • "We used to ride a motorcycle without a helmet."
  • “There used to be slavery too. So there is nothing wrong with it. "
  • "People already knew in prehistoric times that the earth was flat."
  • “Native American people used tobacco. That can't be harmful at all. "
  • “Bullfighting is an old tradition. Animal rights activists are not allowed to destroy that. "
  • "Man has always eaten meat."

swell

  1. ↑ Appeal to Tradition. In: Logically Fallacious. Retrieved June 26, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ a b c Appeal to tradition. In: Rational Wiki. Retrieved June 26, 2017 (English).