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- Arguments and rhetoric
- Law and parliamentary procedure
- Arts, entertainment, and media
- Philosophy
- Politics
- Sports
- Other uses
{{wiktionary|appeal|appealant|appealing|appellate|cross-appeal}}In law, an appeal is a challenge of a judicial judgement to a higher authority, usually called an appellate court. Appeal may also refer to: {{tocright}}Arguments and rhetoric- Various types of informal fallacy are described as an appeal to something. These are examples of "weak" or rejected appeals, e.g.:
- Appeal to authority
- Appeal to novelty
- Appeal to probability
- Appeal to tradition
- In rhetoric, an appeal is defined as a "persuasive strategy" such as Aristotle's three artistic proofs:
- Ethos, an appeal to the credibility of the speaker
- Logos, an appeal to the logical or reasoning
- Pathos, an appeal to emotion
Law and parliamentary procedure- Appeal procedure before the European Patent Office
- Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, in the United States
- Appeal (motion), in parliamentary procedure, an appeal is a challenge of the chair's ruling
Arts, entertainment, and media- Appeal, an anti-slavery document by abolitionist David Walker
- The Appeal, a novel by John Grisham
- The Commercial Appeal, a daily newspaper in Memphis, Tennessee
PhilosophyA common rhetorical device in philosophical texts: "this appeals to/from that" -means roughly "to make sense of this with regard to that" Examples: - Philosophical Investigations, by Ludwig Wittgenstein
- 228 "... it gives expression to the fact that we look to the rule for instruction and do something, without appealing to anything else for guidance."
- 265 "... justification consists in appealing to something independent. ... surely I can appeal from one memory to another."
- The Problems of Philosophy, by Bertrand Russell
- Ch VI "... If we are challenged as to why we believe that it will continue to rise as heretofore, we may appeal to the laws of motion: ..."
- Ch VII. "... 'Why should I accept the results of valid arguments based on true premisses?' we can only answer by appealing to our principle. ..."
Politics- Appeal to the Colored Citizens of the World, an 1829 abolitionist pamphlet written by David Walker
- Appeal of 18 June, Charles de Gaulle's call for French resistance against Nazi Germany after the Battle of France
- Mariam Appeal, a political campaign established in 1998
Sports- Appeal (cricket), a request to an umpire for a ruling on whether a cricket batsman is out
- Appeal play, in baseball
Other uses - Appeal, for an object or person, see:
- Preference
- Taste (sociology)
- Sex appeal
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