Cogito ergo sum Logic and rhetoric |
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General logic |
Bad logic |
An appeal to faith (or an appeal to belief) occurs when someone argues that you must first accept the truth of a statement in order to be able to rationally accept it.
The fallacy is a form of circular logic and an informal fallacy.
In reaffirming believers:
In shutting down nonbelievers:
Faith, by definition, is belief that does not rest on logic or evidence. Faith depends on irrational thought.
Saying that a belief is immune to criticism from nonbelievers is special pleading and never fails, making it circular logic.