Why don't you guys take this off-line. Sort it out. Put an article on
the wiki and then send 1 e-mail to inform anyone who wants an
ontologically perfect definition of ad hominem whatevers, that they can
go and read it. (01)
Ron (02)
Christopher Menzel wrote:
> On Apr 17, 2009, at 12:58 PM, Ryan Kohl wrote:
>
>> Azamat seems to be right - an ad hominem argument would be of the
>> form "Statement X is true/false because person Y said Z"
>>
>
> Or "did Z" or "is a Republican" or .... Basically, any attempt to
> suggest Y's assertion is false by attacking Y's character or
> questioning Y's motives is an ad hominem argument. Also, I'd say that
> you only want "false", rather than "true/false" above; an argument
> that appeals to what Y said or did as a reason for the *truth* of X is
> usually a so-called "appeal to authority". Would you agree, Ryan?
>
>
>> Suggesting that somebody is a hypocrite or inconsistent has the form
>> "Person X is Y"
>> So the latter doesn't indeed seem to be ad hominem. Rather, it has
>> the
>> form of a personal attack, or slander.
>>
>
> Right.
>
> -chris
>
>
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