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

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)...

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...

the absurd"). According to Strauss, reductio ad Hitlerum is a type of ad hominem, ad misericordiam, or a fallacy of irrelevance. The suggested rationale...

direction toward in space or time (e.g. ad nauseam, ad infinitum, ad hoc, ad libidem, ad valorem, ad hominem). It is also used as a prefix in Latin word...

point by point. Philosophy portal Ad hominem Solvitur ambulando Ignoratio elenchi Appeal to ridicule Argumentum ad baculum Proof by assertion I'm entitled...

it is called a dead cat strategy. Ad hominem – attacking the arguer instead of the argument. (Note that "ad hominem" can also refer to the dialectical...

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Alexander Payne. The two are business partners in the Santa Monica based Ad Hominem Enterprises, and are credited as co-writers of six films released between...

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