Fallacy: Appeal to Flattery
Also Known as: Apple Polishing, various "colorful" expressions.
An Appeal to Flattery is a fallacy of the following form:
The basic idea behind this fallacy is that flattery is presented in
the place of evidence for accepting a claim. this sort of
"reasoning" is fallacious because flattery is not, in fact,
evidence for a claim. This is especially clear in a case like this:
"My Bill, that is a really nice tie. By the way, it is quite clear
that one plus one is equal to forty three."
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Description of Appeal to Flattery
Examples of Appeal to Flattery