LordTheNightKnight said:
Sprited Away got the animation Oscar, so there it something. As for the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argumentum_ad_populum comment, you didn'gt read my comment properly. My comment was that even though it's a bunch of people's opinions that Batman & Robin is crap and The Godfather is awesome, it is their opinions. That people have an opionion is an objective fact, and Heavy Rain does not objectively meet the standards of anywhere near The Godfather. Although it seems most of the comments here agree with that, so as I stated in the first part of the OP, you people aren't who I am calling out. BTW, in case anyone wants to bring up me not having a PS3, I've stated before I would get one, just I can't afford it right now, and so far it's just Disgaea 3 and the Ratchet & Clank games that interest me the most. |
No, my quarrel with you is the same as Khuutra's. You claimed that an appeal to the masses forms the basis of an objective truth as pertaining to the artistic merit/quality of a product. This is patently false - to make that kind of logical leap is a fallacy.
The relevant passage is thus: "The argumentum ad populum can be a valid argument in inductive logic; for example, a poll of a sizeable population may find that 90% prefer a certain brand of product over another. A cogent (strong) argument can then be made that the next person to be considered will also prefer that brand, and the poll is valid evidence of that claim. However, it is unsuitable as an argument for deductive reasoning as proof, for instance to say that the poll proves that the preferred brand is superior to the competition in its composition or that everyone prefers that brand to the other."
But, as per his precedence, I wont push the matter as it is evident it will not lead to a productive discourse.
