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Lightening up on the Ad Hominem

open access: yesInformal Logic, 2008
In all three of its manifestations, —abusive, circumstantial and tu quoque—the role of the ad hominem is to raise a doubt about the opposite party’s casemaking bona-fides.Provided that it is both presumptive and provisional, drawing such a conclusion is ...
John Woods
doaj   +2 more sources

Beyond ad hominem attacks: A typology of the discursive tactics used when objecting to news commentary on social media. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE
Social media platforms increasingly serve as the primary place where people participate in public conversations about news. In these conversations, ad hominem attacks are quite common.
Ashley L Shea   +8 more
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A Plea for Civility [PDF]

open access: yesEcol Evol
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 9, September 2026.
Allen J. Moore, Arley Muth
wiley   +2 more sources

Ad Hominem Arguments, Rhetoric, and Science Communication

open access: yesStudies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric, 2018
In this paper, I contend that evidence-focused strategies of science communication may be complemented by possibly more effective rhetorical arguments in current public debates on vaccines.
Martini Carlo
doaj   +2 more sources

Argumentum Ad Hominem Logic Fallacy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
anemonAd hominem arguments are very common in political debates, legal disputes, and everyday speech. The reason why this is treated as a logical error is that the argument put forward by a person is clearly often irrelevant to the character ...
Gülümser DURHAN, Durhan, Gülümser
core   +1 more source

Ad Hominem Fallacy in the Second US Presidential Debate 2020: Donald Trump, the King of Ad Hominem [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
The purpose of this study is to reveal and to identify the sorts of Ad Hominem fallacies used by one of the presidential candidates, Donald J. Trump, during the second US presidential debate in 2020 because Trump is named as the king of ad hominem.
Shofi, Afdila Puspita Syifa'atus   +1 more
core   +1 more source

Bias in Legitimate Ad Hominem Arguments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Conference Papers and Commentary.This paper is about bias and ad hominem arguments. It will begin by rehearsing some reasons for thinking that there are both legitimate and illegitimate ad hominems, as well as reasons for thinking that biases can be both
Bondy, Patrick
core   +1 more source

Take My Advice—I Am Not Following It: Ad Hominem Arguments as Legitimate Rebuttals to Appeals to Authority

open access: yesInformal Logic, 2010
In this paper, I argue that ad hominem arguments are not always fallacious. More explicitly, in certain cases of practical reasoning, the circumstances of a person are relevant to whether or not the conclusion should be accepted.
Moti Mizrahi
doaj   +1 more source

Desafíos antropológicos del transhumanismo

open access: yesPensamiento. Revista de Investigación e Información Filosófica, 2022
En la literatura referente al transhumanismo hay mucho espacio dedicado a descripciones y taxonomías, pero escasa discusión en profundidad de las bases y límites de los planteamientos teóricos subyacentes.
Juan Arana
doaj   +1 more source

Fallacies in ad hominem arguments

open access: yes, 2011
Arguments ad hominem are common in political debates, legal argumentation and everyday conversations. In this article, we propose a general definition of ad hominem arguments. An argument ad hominem is an argument that makes a claim about the reliability
David Reidhav   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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