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Ad hominem (Latin for 'to the person'), short for argumentum ad hominem, refers to several types of arguments that are fallacious. Typically this term refers to a rhetorical strategy where the speaker attacks the character, motive, or some other attribute of the person making an argument rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself. This avoids genuine debate by creating a personal attack as a diversion often using a totally irrelevant, but often highly charged attribute of the opponent's character or background. The most common form of this fallacy is "A" makes a claim of "fact," to which "B" asserts that "A" has a personal trait, quality or physical attribute that is repugnant thereby going entirely off-topic, and hence "B" concludes that "A" has their "fact" wrong - without ever addressing the point of the debate. Many contemporary politicians routinely use ad hominem attacks, which can be encapsulated to a derogatory nickname for a political opponent.
Other ad hominem arguments may be encountered in specialized philosophical usage. These typically refer to the dialectical strategy of using the target's own beliefs and arguments against them, while not agreeing with the validity of those beliefs and arguments. Ad hominem arguments were first studied in ancient Greece; John Locke revived the examination of ad hominem arguments in the 17th century.
Adhominem (Latin for 'to the person'), short for argumentum adhominem, refers to several types of arguments that are fallacious. Typically this term...
person who is speaking, such as in the adhominem fallacy. For this argument, Locke coined the term argumentum ad verecundiam (appeal to shamefacedness/modesty)...
opponent is hypocritical. This specious reasoning is a special type of adhominem attack. The Oxford English Dictionary cites John Cooke's 1614 stage play...
the absurd"). According to Strauss, reductio ad Hitlerum is a type of adhominem, ad misericordiam, or a fallacy of irrelevance. The suggested rationale...
direction toward in space or time (e.g. ad nauseam, ad infinitum, ad hoc, ad libidem, ad valorem, adhominem). It is also used as a prefix in Latin word...
it is called a dead cat strategy. Adhominem – attacking the arguer instead of the argument. (Note that "adhominem" can also refer to the dialectical...
point by point. Philosophy portal Adhominem Solvitur ambulando Ignoratio elenchi Appeal to ridicule Argumentum ad baculum Proof by assertion I'm entitled...
association or an appeal to spite (Latin: argumentum ad odium). Guilt by association is similar to adhominem arguments which attack the speaker rather than...
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Ad nauseam is a Latin term for an argument or other discussion that has continued to the point of nausea. For example, "this has been discussed ad nauseam"...
division, the false dilemma, the fallacy of begging the question, the adhominem fallacy and the appeal to ignorance. There is no general agreement as...
Texier's article has been criticized by Zimbardo for focusing mostly on adhominem attacks and ignoring available data that contradicts his counterarguments...
wrote in newspaper The Globe and Mail that the term has been used as an adhominem to silence debate. The verb splain has been in use for more than 200 years...
may well have legitimate and knowledgeable opinions on such a matter. Adhominem – Attacking the person rather than the argument Appeal to accomplishment...
'you too', term for a counter-accusation), which is a subtype of the ad-hominem argument. The communication intent is often to distract from the content...
have argued that the charge of weaponization amounts to an antisemitic adhominem attack whose use fails to address the issue at hand, antisemitism. The...
on the selection form, or "weak man" argument, that combines with an adhominem and fallacy of composition is nut picking, a neologism coined by Kevin...
A tone argument (also called tone policing) is a type of adhominem aimed at the tone of an argument instead of its factual or logical content in order...
fallacy, as is the case in Charlie's argument. Argumentum ad logicam can be used as an adhominem appeal: by impugning the opponent's credibility or good...
distinction that is sometimes made is that critique is never personalized nor adhominem and is presented in a way that encourages rebuttal or expansion of the...
Gallop'. Do not be fooled by the flood of nonsense you have just heard." Adhominem attack – Attacking the person rather than the argumentPages displaying...
about to say. Poisoning the well can be a special case of argumentum adhominem, and the term was first used with this sense by John Henry Newman in his...
Argumentum ad baculum (Latin for "argument to the cudgel" or "appeal to the stick") is the fallacy committed when one makes an appeal to force to bring...
Argument from ignorance (from Latin: argumentum ad ignorantiam), also known as appeal to ignorance (in which ignorance represents "a lack of contrary evidence")...
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