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 negative light and thereby weaken the force of any argumentative position the ...
Ad Hominem Political Rhetoric on Twitter: A Brief ExampleRichards, Robert
argument by consensus and argumentum ad populum. It comes from our genetic tendency to go along with our group. The tendency to agree with other people is beneficial because it enables coexistence and cooperation, but it can also have some negative consequences, for example not questioning common...
At first, a joint institute for the blind and deaf was created, and although the partnership was motivated more by financial considerations than by the well-being of the residents, the institute aimed to help people develop skills valuable to society (Weygand, 2009). Eventually blind ...
Here, too, we have to be demanding about theopening-upof those markets and about respect for intellectual property rights, for example. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English That means theopening-upof markets, increased productivity, more and better research, more innovation and greater investment...
With that, I am left alone with the fish, whose whole world is the pond by my feet. The fish explore the pond every day as if for the first time, prodding and inspecting every stone. I sometimes feel the same about sitting here in the garden; I know the place better than anyone,...
This introductory article employs the Scottish Jesuit John Hay as a starting point for a wider exploration of the relationship between Jesuits and print, the theme of this special issue. Hay demonstrates how important print could be to a Jesuit’s self-worth and identity. In this, as contempora...
If a loadbalancer is used for this service, then socket.io will fail as the session will be created only in one container. Update replicas to 1 in result service … 45eb3aa ManoMarks merged commit c33b6ae into dockersamples:master Jan 31, 2017 AdHominem commented on 45eb3aa Feb 10...
“prove” to their clients that they are the best retailers because of their wide experience. Alternatively, speakers can use the ad hominem strategy to undermine their adversaries by criticizing their personality rather than their political ideology and agenda. For instance, some of President Bill ...
Ad Hominem Juror Eight used argumentum ad hominem on several occasions, although without much effect, and in the heat of the moment. First, it happened when he questioned the credibility of the female witness to Juror Ten on the grounds of her being “one of them” – as in the untrustw...