Ad hominem (Latin for 'to the person'), short for argumentum ad hominem, refers to several types of arguments that are usually fallacious. Often currently...

person who is speaking, such as in the ad hominem fallacy. For this argument, Locke coined the term argumentum ad verecundiam (appeal to shamefacedness/modesty)...

or an appeal to spite (Latin: argumentum ad odium). Guilt by association is similar to ad hominem arguments which attack the speaker rather than addressing...

logical argument termed Reductio ad absurdum. The argumentum variant takes its form from the names of many classic fallacies such as argumentum ad hominem. The...

show the fallacies or contradictions in the other's argument. Johnstone states that by using ad hominem "the clear mind can exploit the inconsistencies of...

between an argument concerning character (ad hominem) and an argument concerning personal attributes (ad personam). An ad hominem argument pertains to...

too', term for a counter-accusation), which is a subtype of the ad-hominem argument. The communication intent is often to distract from the content of...

opponent appears hypocritical. This specious reasoning is a special type of ad hominem attack. The Oxford English Dictionary cites John Cooke's 1614 stage play...

In argumentation theory, an argumentum ad populum (Latin for 'appeal to the people') is a fallacious argument which is based on claiming a truth or affirming...

Appeal to tradition (also known as argumentum ad antiquitatem or argumentum ad antiquitam, appeal to antiquity, or appeal to common practice) is a claim...

classified as an example of an ad hominem argument. Passwater clarifies that sex work in general is not the basis for the ad hominem, since pederasty was a socially...

Argument from ignorance (from Latin: argumentum ad ignorantiam), also known as appeal to ignorance (in which ignorance represents "a lack of contrary evidence")...

An appeal to fear (also called argumentum ad metum or argumentum in terrorem) is a fallacy in which a person attempts to create support for an idea by...

division, the false dilemma, the fallacy of begging the question, the ad hominem fallacy and the appeal to ignorance. There is no general agreement as...

commitment Circumstantial ad hominem argument Argument from bias Bias ad hominem argument Argument from gradualism Slippery slope argument See Practical reason...

they themselves are making this argument. Philosophy portal Ad hominem – Attacking the person rather than the argument Begging the question – Logic founded...

called argumentum ad misericordiam, the sob story, or the Galileo argument) is a fallacy in which someone tries to win support for an argument or idea by exploiting...

goods. In response to reductive naturalism, Taylor first notes the ad hominem argument that those who espouse some form of reductive naturalism nonetheless...

Argumentum ad baculum (Latin for "argument to the cudgel" or "appeal to the stick") is the fallacy committed when one makes an appeal to force to bring...

(also called appeal to mockery, ad absurdo, or the horse laugh) is an informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd, ridiculous, or humorous...

insults in the middle of an otherwise sound argument are not fallacious ad hominem attacks. "The Ad Hominem Fallacy Fallacy". Plover.net. Archived from...

An argument is a series of sentences, statements, or propositions some of which are called premises and one is the conclusion. The purpose of an argument...

Ad nauseam is a Latin term for an argument or other discussion that has continued to the figurative point of nausea. For example, "this has been discussed...

this would also be an argument from fallacy, as is the case in Charlie's argument. Argumentum ad logicam can be used as an ad hominem appeal: by impugning...

discipline. He wrote that attacking Lewontin's motives amounts to an ad hominem argument.[citation needed] Lewontin at times identified himself as Marxist...

consequences, also known as argumentum ad consequentiam (Latin for "argument to the consequence"), is an argument that concludes a hypothesis (typically...

appeal to the stone argument may use ad-hominem attacks to avoid the discussion’s topic, or may pair it with a straw-man argument to discredit the other...

dramatic failures. Enter as evidence in the case for psychosynthesis an ad hominem argument: in speaking about death there was no change in the tone or intensity...

Argument to moderation (Latin: argumentum ad temperantiam)—also known as the false compromise, argument from middle ground, fallacy of gray, middle ground...

Derrick Jensen counters that this criticism merely resorts to an ad hominem argument, attacking individuals but not the actual validity of their beliefs...