Messages in this thread |  | | From | David Woodhouse <> | Subject | Re: Understanding the Principles of Argumentation #3 | Date | Mon, 16 Sep 2002 23:31:07 +0100 |
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phillips@arcor.de said: > This is the third in my "Understanding the Principles of > Argumentation" series. Rusty has obligingly provided us with a fine > example of an "ad hominem attack":
It is my understanding that the ad hominem fallacy takes the form "you are a patronising little shit, therefore what you say cannot be true".
Rusty's comment seemed to be only that you were a patronising little shit, and not that this proved you to be incorrect -- hence it doesn't appear to be a particularly fine example of 'ad hominem' at all.
-- dwmw2
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