Sentences with phrase «ad hominem arguments about»
Ad hominem arguments about «deniers» need not apply.
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I know that you called my argument stupid but you never gave a compelling reason why (which isn't ad hominem, by the way since you were targeting a argument and not a person, do read more about informal fallacies to avoid seeming uneducated).
Judith Curry wrote: «He voices concerns about the following threats to scientific integrity (see especially the last page): appealing to emotions; making personal (ad hominem) attacks; deliberately mischaracterizing an inconvenient argument; inappropriate generalization; misuse of facts and uncertainties; false appeal to authority; hidden value judgments; selectively leaving out inconvenient measurement results.»
How about evaluating what's true on the basis of the evidence instead of endlessly blathering about who benefits, and other worthless ad hominem arguments?
I have written many times about how Lewandowsky uses Argument from Authority ad nauseum along with ad hominems, and lightly seasoned with Argument from Ignorance.
Putting James Hansen aside, the whole logic that «climate scientists got it wrong in the 70's so they must be wrong now» is a flawed ad hominem argument that says nothing about the current science of anthropogenic global warming.
Again, there are plenty of ignorant people on all sides but by going about this low rhetorical (and yes, ad hominem) tactic has only weakened your argument.
If Chris Monckton, common bloke, reading the scientific literature, finds fault with the methodologies of researchers, and has laid out his objections in excruciating detail, could we give those objections a look, and ascertain whether his arguments have any merit, without resort to ad hominem diversions about his alleged delusions of grandeur?
So, having prior to this railed about JQ's arrogance, he then proceeds to lecture about ad hominem attacks, and the short lecture is an ad hominem argument suggesting that any arguments of a person who might have engaged in an ad hominem attack do not require further evaluation!