Transcript Appeal to Ridicule - Kentucky Department of Education

Appeal to Ridicule
By:Cassidy Patriarca
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Appeal to Ridicule- A fallacy in which
ridicule or mockery is subsituted for
evidence in an “argument”. This sort of
“reasoning” is fallacious because mocking
a claim does not show that it is false.
Example
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tevnLhF
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Examples from the Crucible
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Proctor: “ There might also be a dragon with five legs in
my house, but no one has ever seen it.”
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Act 3. page 217.
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This is an example of ridicule because Parris says “why
could there not have been poppets hid where no one
ever saw them?” And after saying this Proctor makes a
comment to mock the argument.
Example 2 Act 3 pg. 214
Danforth: Mr. Putnam, I have here an accusation by Mr. Corey against you.
He states that you coldly prompted your daughter to cry witchery upon
George Jacobs that is now in jail.
Putnam: It’s a lie!
Danforth: Mr. Putnam states your charge is a lie, what say you to that!
Giles: A fart on Thomas Putnam, that is what I say to that!
- This is an example because instead of Giles continuing talking about the
charge he blurts out an insult to ridicule the argument towards Putnam.
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http://www.logicallyfallacious.com/index.php/logicalfallacies/42-appeal-to-ridicule
http://prezi.com/zpco123jimpf/the-crucible/