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Ad hominem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An ad hominem argument, also known as argumentum ad hominem (Latin: "argument to the person" or "argument against the person") is an argument which links the validity of a premise to a cha...
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Reductio ad Hitlerum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Reductio ad Hitlerum , also argumentum ad Hitlerum , or reductio (or argumentum ) ad Nazium (dog Latin for "reduction or argument to Adolf Hitler or the Nazis") is an ad hom...
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Plea for a Fair Hearing ... The Faith and Life of Christians ... The First Apology of Justin, the Martyr...
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Argumentum ad hominem (Abusive: attacking the person) ... This is known as circumstantial argumentum ad hominem. The fallacy can also be used as an excuse to reject a particular conclusion. For example: ... This particular form of Argumentum ad Hominem, when you allege that someone is rationalizing a conclusion for selfish...
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It is always bad form to use the fallacy of argumentum ad hominem. But there are some cases when it is not really a fallacy, such as when one needs to evaluate the truth of factual statements (as opposed to lines of argument or statements of value) made by interested parties.
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by Ken Ham ... When Charles Darwin wrote his famous book On the Origin of Species, he was in essence writing a history concerning death. ... From his evolutionary perspective on the origin of life, Darwin recognized that death had to be a permanent part of the world.
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One of the most common non-rational appeals is an argumentum ad hominem--or, as the Latin phrase suggests, an "argument against the person" (and not against the ideas he or she is presenting).
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