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Appeal Motive Dismissing Premise Calling Question Desires Proposer

Appeal to motive is the fallacy of dismissing a premise by questioning the desires or motives of the person proposing it.

L'appello al motivo scredita un'affermazione mettendo in dubbio le motivazioni di chi la propone.

Fallacy Appeal to motive
Definition and Examples dismissing a premise by calling into question the desires of the proposer

Tags: fallacies, logic

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