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PIRIE, MADSEN (2006)(2015) How To Win Every Argument, Bloomsbury, London.
It is fallacious to assume age is a guide to correctness. (152).
It is fallacious to assume that something new is more correct. (152).
Pirie documents this second fallacy as
Novitam, argumentum ad
For the same of promotion, yet accuracy, I suggest for this entry
Shiny new fallacy?
Logically fallacious
Cited
'Appeal to Novelty
argumentum ad novitatem (also known as: appeal to the new, ad novitam [sometimes spelled as])
Description: Claiming that something that is new or modern is superior to the status quo, based exclusively on its newness.
Logical Form: X has been around for years now. Y is new. Therefore, Y is better than X.'
Logically fallacious
'Appeal to Tradition argumentum ad antiquitatem (also known as: appeal to common practice, appeal to antiquity, appeal to traditional wisdom, proof from tradition, appeal to past practice, traditional wisdom)."
Therefore, as examples, considering these two fallacies
It is fallacious to assume progressive ideas are by definition, superior to conservative ideas.
It is fallacious to assume conservative ideas are by definition, superior to progressive ideas.
Premises/propositions leading to conclusions should be evaluated on an individual basis, even while admitting propositions and conclusions are developed within a worldview. Progressive liberal ideas may be superior to conservative ideas, but ideas should not be assumed to be so without reason and evidence. Conservative ideas may be superior to progressive ideas, but ideas should not be assumed to be so without reason and evidence.
Pirie explains that these two fallacies can conflict. (154). An appeal to the new versus and appeal to the old. As noted this can take place in the form of progressive versus conservative ideas, but admittedly, theoretically, at times, progressive liberal approaches can embrace older ideas and conservatism can embrace newer ideas.
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