Appeal to novelty

What it is

Argues that something is better simply because it is new or modern.

Related

• Appeal to tradition fallacy
  These are mirror images: one treats old as better, the other treats new as better.
• Neomania bias
  Neomania, the attraction to the new, is the bias that makes appeals to novelty persuasive.

References

• Wikipedia: Appeal to novelty en.wikipedia.org
• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Fallacies iep.utm.edu
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Fallacies plato.stanford.edu
• Wikipedia: List of fallacies en.wikipedia.org
• Purdue OWL: Logical fallacies owl.purdue.edu

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