appeal to logic
Reasoned argument strategy
An appeal to logic is an argument that relies on reasoning, evidence, and rational inference rather than emotion or authority.
In rhetoric, it corresponds to logos—persuasion through structured demonstration: The lawyer made an appeal to logic, walking the jury through the timeline step by step.
The phrase often appears when distinguishing rational argument from other persuasive tactics.
- reasonBasis or justification
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
- sound argumentLogically valid reasoning
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- proofDemonstration of truth
burden of proof · rationality · rational thought · persuasion · syllogism · deduction · step by step · premise · conclusion · connect the dots · logos · debate · validity · soundness · critical thinking · facts · inference · reasoning
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- rhetoricrhetoric, persuasion, oratory, argumentation, debate
- argument termsad hominem, evidence, straw man, proof, reason
- rhetorical movesanalogy, metaphor, hyperbole, understatement, irony
- public speakingspeech, public speaking, keynotes, keynote speeches, oratory
- debaterebuttal, argument, rebuttals, refute, case
appeal to logicappeal to emotion
Argument targeting feelings
emotional manipulation · appeal to fear · appeal to pity · pathos · scare tactics
appeal to logicappeal to authority
Using status as proof
appeal to tradition · ad hominem · circular reasoning · logical fallacy · sophistry
appeal, appeals, appealed, appealing, appellant, appellate, appellation, logic, logical