Appeals to Emotions

APPLE POLISHING!

It doesn't have to do anything with polishing the apple.The term "apple polishing" resembles the term "appeal to flattery" or perhaps most of people would be familiar with term "Sucking Up!".

Apple Polishing is a fallacy of relevance and also one of examples appeals to emotions.

The fallacy known as Apple Polishing occurs whenever a person attempts to compliment in order to accept the truth of ones proposition. In some instance it may be implied that the person deserve flattery because they accept the position in the question.This is type of Fallacy of Relevance because kind or flattering words simply aren't relevant to the truth of an idea or validity of a position. It is also categorized as an Appeal to Emotion because it appeals how a person feels about oneself rather than his/her ability to critically analyze a claim.

An unusually obvious instance of this fallacy can be seen in this example:

Persona A: Amy, you look fabulous in that dress. Did you know that the Earth is the seventh planet from the sun?

This proposition about the Earth is certainly untrue but, for some reason, it is expected that Mary might believe it simply because she was complimented on her lovely dress.

Student A:Your lecture class was the best class I had all semester, Madam Aznur. I stopped by today in order to talk about my grade...

This, obviously, is where we get the term "Apple Polishing." In an attempt to get a better grade, the student first flatters the lecturer about how wonderful the course was; some lecturer may be influenced by that, but most won't.

Amirul Hafidz (1091105926)