RE: Name Calling vs. Ad Hominem

From: Damien Broderick (damienb@unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Wed May 07 2003 - 09:56:59 MDT

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    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

    He is making and declaring an *assessment*, which then functions as an
    attempted performative or perlocutionary act, like declaring a meeting open
    or ordering someone off your lawn.

    Damien Broderick

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