Argumentum Ad Hominem: Fallacious argument that attacks not an opponent's beliefs but his motives or character. It’s often misunderstood. Here’s an example of what it really means. Suppose it ...

Ad hominem: circumstantial This type of argument attacks your opponent by ... In the ongoing debate over abortion, for example, pro-choice advocates in the United States like to point to ...

The most prevalent example of this fallacy is when "A ... incorrect without ever addressing the main point of the argument. Ad hominem assaults are frequently employed by modern politicians ...

Logicians call the infraction argumentum ad hominem. It's a response to an argument ... Here's a recent example from a statement by Americans United for Change about lawsuits challenging the ...

For example, there’s the argument that shoots the messenger. This is an age-old fallacy of diversion that goes back to the days of Socrates. It is technically called the argumentum ad hominem ...

It’s Vance’s constant instinct to go swiftly to the ad hominem argument whenever anyone is ... aid to “my country” touched on another example of Vance’s habit. He personally attacked ...

It could have been interesting to read Joan Scott’s argument that academic boycotts actually support academic freedom. Instead, alas, she devoted much of her article to an ad hominem attack on ...

Argumentum Ad Hominem: Fallacious argument that attacks not an opponent's beliefs but his motives or character. It’s often misunderstood. Here’s an example of what it really means. Suppose it ...