Appeal to probability

What it is

Assumes that because something could happen it will happen, or must happen.

Related

• Availability heuristic bias
  Vivid possibilities feel probable, though they may be very unlikely.
• Slippery slope fallacy
  Slippery slope arguments assume that because something could follow, it will.
• Ambiguity aversion bias
  Fear of uncertainty pushes us to treat bad possibilities as certainties.

References

• Wikipedia: Appeal to probability 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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