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, 2010 Christopher Johnson argued in ‘Reconsidering the Ad Hominem’ that, in certain exceptional cases, appealing to ad hominem considerations is logically justifiable.
Daniel Putman
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Linguistic Justice in World Englishes: A View From Cultural Appropriation
World Englishes, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article highlights the need to better clarify what we understand by linguistic justice. Failure to do so poses the danger that the concept not only remains something we may clamour for but is also one that we are unable or unwilling to recognize should we ever encounter it.
Lionel Wee
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It's All Very Well for You to Talk! Situationally Disqualifying Ad Hominem Attacks
Informal Logic, 1993 The situationally disqualifying ad hominem attack is an argumentative move in critical dialogue whereby one participant points out certain features in his adversary's personal situation that are claimed to make it inappropriate for this adversary to ...
Erik C. W. Krabbe, Douglas Walton
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Myths, Furphies and Red Herrings Associated With Dingo Ecology and Management
Ecological Management &Restoration, Volume 27, Issue 3, September 2026.ABSTRACT Variability in the inferential strength or reliability of different scientific studies creates uncertainty in the status of knowledge on a given subject, giving rise to multiple myths, furphies and red herrings in scientific discourse. This is particularly true in the case of dingo ecology and management in Australia, which exemplifies common ...
Benjamin L. Allen
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Whately on Arguments Involving Authority
Informal Logic, 2008 Richard Whately’s views of arguments involving authority are very different in his Elements of Rhetoric and his Elements of Logic. This essay begins by documenting these differences and wondering why they are.
Hans V. Hansen
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Symbolic Interaction, Volume 49, Issue 2, Page 306-331, May 2026.How situations are defined is a social process. This paper examines how users on YouTube make sense of the alleged sexual assault perpetrated by shock rocker Marilyn Manson in the 2007 “Heart Shaped‐Glasses (When the Heart Guides the Hand)” music video.
Stacey Hannem, Christopher J. Schneider
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The defamatory potential of ad hominem criticism: guidance for advocacy in public forums [PDF]
, 2018 Ad hominem criticism seeks to discredit an argument by attacking the qualities of the arguer, rather than the merits of the argument. Although there are compelling reasons to avoid ad hominem criticism, it may sometimes be appropriate as a means of ...
Finn, H.C., Finn, Hugh
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Philosophy Compass, Volume 21, Issue 3, May/June 2026.ABSTRACT Eldridge Cleaver's era‐defining work Soul on Ice was published nearly 60 years ago, but despite being the subject of scholarly attention in a variety of disciplines, Cleaver's life and works remain misunderstood. This critical examination of six decades of Cleaver scholarship demonstrates that our understanding of Cleaver has been impeded by ...
Patrick D. Anderson
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Ad Hominem Fallacy in the Second US Presidential Debate 2020: Donald Trump, the King of Ad Hominem [PDF]
, 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
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Confucius, Ritual, and Shared Moral Agency
Philosophy Compass, Volume 21, Issue 3, May/June 2026.ABSTRACT How can ethical agency be grounded without presupposing an inner, autonomous mind? This article revisits Herbert Fingarette's influential interpretation of the Analects, focusing on his claim that ritual (li 禮) possesses a “magical power” that structures ethical life.
Chi‐Keung Chan
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