'Oro Per Latin' Arguing With Latin Argumentum ad antiquitatem
(The Argument To Antiquity) Appeal to tradition, also known as
proof from tradition, appeal to common practice, Argumentum ad
antiquitatem, false induction, or the "is/ought" fallacy, is a
common logical fallacy in which a thesis is deemed correct on
the basis that it correlates with some past or present
tradition. The appeal takes the form of "this is right because
we've always done it this way." An appeal to tradition
essentially makes two assumptions that are not necessarily true:
The old way of thinking was proven correct when introduced, i.e.
since the old way of thinking was prevalent, it was necessarily
correct. In actuality this may be false — the tradition might be
entirely based on incorrect grounds. The past justifications for
the tradition are still valid at present. In actuality, the
circumstances may have changed; this assumption may also
therefore be untrue. The opposite of an appeal to tradition is
an appeal to novelty, claiming som