An ad hominem argument (from the Latin meaning "to the person") is a strategy which employs personal attacks against someone rather than addressing the person's argument. Its approach is to cast the person in a
In the West, printing took off like a shot—and the Bible remains the greatest-selling printed book in history. For the Ottomans, another two centuries would pass before printing in Arabic would become common (and legal) in spite of reading, and trading, in printed books from the West. It...
Polarization.This involves polarizing ideas and groups, focusing on a defensive stance against other groups (Cohen, 2001). Thinking in these cases inevitably moves toad hominemarguments, focused in the person of the opponent not the issue at question. Denial of responsibility.AsBauman (1989)notes t...
Thinking in these cases inevitably moves to ad hominem arguments, focused in the person of the opponent not the issue at question. Denial of responsibility. As Bauman (1989) notes this leads of denial of responsibility and shifting of blame (cf. Cohen, 2001). This is characteristic of ...
Falstaff brooked few questions, batting these off with banter or ad hominem arguments. In this Falstaff generates a strong emotional appeal which superseded critical dialogue. Much of his time is spent in buttressing his view with the support of Hal, and eventually Henry V (Henry IV 1: 3, ...
Ad hominemrefers to “attacking the person” instead of addressing the argument the person is making.Tu quoquemeans roughly “you do it, too,” and it is a kind ofad hominemargument, as in“you alight! I learned it by watching you!”I’ll mostly stick withad hominemhere, but you shoul...