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Appeal to Consequences
Definition:
The author points to the disagreeable consequences of
holding a particular belief in order to show that this belief is
false.
Example:
- You can't agree that evolution is true, because if it were,
then we would be no better than monkeys and apes.
- You must believe in God, for otherwise life would have
no meaning. (Perhaps, but it is equally possible that since
life has no meaning that God does not exist.)
Proof:
Identify the consequences to and argue that what we want to
be the case does not affect what is in fact the case.
References:
Cedarblom and Paulsen: 100, Davis: 63
26 May 1995
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