Appeal to force


     
    Name of fallacy Appeal to force
    Aliases Appeal to the stick, Argumentum ad baculum
    Type  Irrelevant Argument, Informal Argument
    Description An argument made through coercion or threats of force towards an opposing party
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    Treatment Dealt with by revealing the coercion and demonstrating that threatening people does not change the deductive logic or the results or experimental testing and is therefore irrelevant.

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