Dear Scholars,
This week's informal logical fallacy is Proof by assertion.
*Proof by assertion <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_by_assertion>*,
sometimes informally referred to as *proof by repeated assertion*, is
an informal
fallacy <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informal_fallacy> in which a
proposition is repeatedly restated regardless of contradiction and
refutation. The proposition can sometimes be repeated until any challenges
or opposition cease, letting the proponent assert it as fact, and solely
due to a lack of challengers (*argumentum ad nauseam
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_nauseam>*). In other cases,
its repetition may be cited as evidence of its truth, in a variant of
the appeal
to authority <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_authority> or appeal
to belief <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_belief> fallacies.
dr chris cléirigh
*Most of the evil of the world comes about **not out of evil motives, *
*but somebody saying **'get with the program, **be a team player'.*
— Philip Zimbardo
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