Sentences with phrase «argumentum ad hominem attacks»

These days they often include argumentum ad hominem attacks, such as sly references to the agencies» sterling ratings on Lehman Brothers the day before it filed for bankruptcy, that distract from relevant discussion about the country's creditworthiness.

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To attack a proposal as supposedly being wrong simply because it is spoken by Someone the Speaker does not like is argumentum ad hominem, is logically invalid, and strongly suggests said Speaker has no real way discrediting the * ideas * put forth in said proposal.

Ad hominem (Latin for «to the man» or «to the person» [1]-RRB-, short for argumentum ad hominem, is a logical fallacy in which an argument is rebutted by attacking the character, motive, or other attribute of the person making the argument, or persons associated with the argument, rather than attacking the substance of the argument itselAd hominem (Latin for «to the man» or «to the person» [1]-RRB-, short for argumentum ad hominem, is a logical fallacy in which an argument is rebutted by attacking the character, motive, or other attribute of the person making the argument, or persons associated with the argument, rather than attacking the substance of the argument itselad hominem, is a logical fallacy in which an argument is rebutted by attacking the character, motive, or other attribute of the person making the argument, or persons associated with the argument, rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself.