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By Erich Vieth on November 22nd, 2007
We need a term for the opposite of ad hominem arguments
An ad hominem attack occurs when a person attacks the character of a person rather than attacking what that person said. Here’s an example:
“Don’t listen to Tommy. He’s a big fat slob.”
This argument is not valid because the attack has nothing to do with the content of Tommy’s statement (whatever it was).
Tonight I was wondering [...]