Appeal to tradition
Logical fallacy in which a thesis is deemed correct on the basis of tradition
Summary
Appeal to tradition is a claim in which a thesis is deemed correct on the basis of correlation with past or present tradition. The appeal takes the form of "this is right because we've always done it this way", and is a logical fallacy. The opposite of an appeal to tradition is an appeal to novelty, in which one claims that an idea is superior just because it is new.
Originally created by Netoholic
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