Sentences with word «hominem»

a casual perusal of the comments (now a large set of observable data) would indicate that anti-creationists (who presume to be the exclusive proponents of science) use assumption and ad hominem ad nausea to support their conclusions.

A funny thing has happened in climate science to scientific inquiry: the usual ethics of free discussion and fact - based criticism have been discarded in favor of ad hominem attacks on critics of AGW theory.

Enough with the ad hominem fallacy in assuming that there's some «sin» that I don't want to let go of.

Instead of using ad hominem about them not being the real fans.

As an example, if in a presidential debate one candidate says to the other «you are a dangerous psychopath», it actually is not ad hominem if it is true, as it is indeed very relevant to the matter at hand.

Also, you wouldn't be allowed to use ad hominems like in your last post.

My statement was not ad hominem at all.

@thomas: Classic ad hominem response.

However, if the post is filled with ad hominem remarks, vituperative language, or otherwise inflammatory content, we will most likely just screen it out as per our comment policy.

She didn't even resort to ad hominem insults as you did @Christina.

«Gov. Paterson's ad hominem nonsense aside, take it from the federal government and the 34 states that have approved hydraulic fracturing: natural gas can be developed safely and effectively and create jobs in the process,» said spokesman David Laska.

It helps us to take you seriously when you use Ad Hominem instead of debate.

Various ad hominems directed at those criticising action for its own sake.

Kleiman's article is just an extreme example of the kind of ad hominem criticism of denialists common among American liberals.

@Keith, Yes, I normally maintain a modicum of calm when dealing with trolls, but once the conversation devolves into vicious ad hominems without any provocation from my side, then I say what needs to be said without pulling any punches and move on.

Honest questions met with Ad Hominem tactics.

A Lila 9th production in association with Ad Hominem Enterprises.

Your ongoing ad hominems merely reveal the weakness of your position.

dalahast / AE, enough with your childish ad hominems already.

You won't prove your point worthily with a cautious but firm ad hominem stake in the ground.

This individual is apparently like most other Christains... lacking the ability to substantiate their beliefs and therefore, engage in ad hominem type comments.

It's interesting that you and others here have gone the ad hominem route simply because I call for transparency and honesty about uncertainties in climate science.

This literature contains some stimulating intellectual responses as well as several ad hominem pieces which are more concerned with rhetorical flourish and pietisms than critical reflection.1 There are some who want to rid the church of process...

[1] Ad hominem reasoning is normally described as a logical fallacy, [2][3][4] more precisely an informal fallacy and an irrelevance.

Normally I'd hesitate to even bring this up, as it might be seen as straying into ad hominem territory, but Christie himself once linked his weight problems with school food reform.

But engaging in ad hominem character attacks against one another will only undermine our chances to win the general election against a Republican candidate who faces no primary opposition.

So come on guys — don't slip into ad hominem slams and narrow views of what kind of science is really needed.

Please note that there are no (or it's highly unlikely) ad hominem commercial claims.

When in doubt, ad - hominems work wonderfully, and should be liberally taken advantage of.