Pattern
The form of the Bulverism fallacy can be expressed as follows:
- You claim that A is true.
- Because of B, you personally desire that A should be true.
- Therefore, A is false.
or
- You claim that A is false.
- Because of B, you personally desire that A should be false.
- Therefore, A is true.
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