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Ad Hominem is not fallacious if the attack goes to the credibility of the argument. For instance, the argument may depend on its presenter's claim that he's an expert. (That is, the Ad Hominem is undermining an Argument From Authority.) ... For example, the claim that "evolution means a dog giving birth to a cat."
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Fallacy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In rhetoric, a fallacy is a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning in argumentation. By accident or design, fallacies may exploit emotional triggers in the listener or interlocutor (e.g. a...
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A guide to using logical fallacies in debate. ... Finally, point out why the logical fallacy matters to the debate round. "This fallacious argument should be thrown out of the debate. And that means that the opposition's only remaining argument for X is....
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Today's project management buzzword seems to be "Best Practice". Everyone wants to convince you that they use, adopt, recommend, advocate, or train (take your pick) in best practice. The idea is, climb on their ... It simply means that the lawyers are nervous - and rightly so. The message is: so should you be too.
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Argumentum ad hominem literally means "argument directed at the man"; there are two varieties. ... This is the "fallacy fallacy" of arguing that a proposition is false because it has been presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument. Remember always that fallacious arguments can arrive at true conclusions.
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but even if it turns out that their radical ideas are right, until that is proven, references to their testimony would be a fallacious. ... The above argument bases the conclusion on the testimony on an actor, apparently because they appeared in a movie on the topic.
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There exists no truly objective means of determining whether a person is innately homosexual. One cannot take a blood test or DNA test ... This argument is invalid, since many people choose lifestyles that others condemn. Moreover, there are many homosexuals who freely admit that their lifestyle is a voluntary preference.
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