Re: Name Calling vs. Ad Hominem

From: Samantha (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Mon May 12 2003 - 12:48:00 MDT

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    Not to pick on Keith or anyone else, but why the heck are we wasting
    our priceless time *again* on something so mundane?

    -s

    On Wednesday 07 May 2003 10:15 am, you wrote:
    > > At 08:04 AM 5/7/03 -0400, gts wrote:
    > > >If
    > > >I spit on the sidewalk and some passerby sees me and calls me a
    > > > bum then he is making an implied ad hominem argument
    >
    > 'Ad hominem' is the term given to one of two kinds of fallacious
    > *objections* to an argument. X is false because Y, where Y is one
    > or more facts about the person asserting X. Or, X is false because
    > Y, where Y is one more facts about the circumstances of the person
    > asserting X. There is no such thing as a positive ad hominem
    > assertion except as it is an objection to some other assertion.
    >
    > Keith



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