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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
[[Category:Logical Fallacies]]An [[ad hominem]] argument or attack is where the arguer advances an irrelevant criticism of the arguer's opponent as evidence or proof that the arguer is correct. | [[Category:Logical Fallacies]]An [[ad hominem]] argument or attack is where the arguer advances an irrelevant criticism of the arguer's opponent as evidence or proof that the arguer is correct. | ||
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==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
* {{wikipedia|ad hominem}} | * {{wikipedia|ad hominem}} | ||
Revision as of 13:59, 29 July 2006
Overview
An ad hominem argument or attack is where the arguer advances an irrelevant criticism of the arguer's opponent as evidence or proof that the arguer is correct.
"Name-calling" is an ad hominem technique.
Reference
- Wikipedia
- The Nizkor Project: |ad hominem| |ad hominem tu quoque|
Related Articles
- An ad hominem attack is often part of an argument by ridicule; the two are closely related.