ako si james.

Saturday, February 09, 2008

{*The Most Overused Logical Fallacy In The World.*}

Ad Hominem

Translated from Latin to English, "Ad Hominem" means "against the man" or "against the person."

An Ad Hominem is a general category of fallacies in which a claim or argument is rejected on the basis of some irrelevant fact about the author of or the person presenting the claim or argument. Typically, this fallacy involves two steps. First, an attack against the character of person making the claim, her circumstances, or her actions is made (or the character, circumstances, or actions of the person reporting the claim). Second, this attack is taken to be evidence against the claim or argument the person in question is making (or presenting). This type of "argument" has the following form:

Person A makes claim X.

Person B makes an attack on person A.

Therefore A's claim is false.

The reason why an Ad Hominem (of any kind) is a fallacy is that the character, circumstances, or actions of a person do not (in most cases) have a bearing on the truth or falsity of the claim being made (or the quality of the argument being made).

Pero kelangan tama ang pag state natin kung isang Ad Hominem fallacy ang sinasabi ng isang tao. :D Kaya nga may "in most cases" So Ad Hominem is not entirely a good excuse.

Source: http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/ad-hominem.html

Magnifico ,sumulat noong 12:33 PM

Comments:

example..... mali ang sinasabi ni pj patungkol sa argument x ..dahil magnanakaw si pj

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pjster martinezster : 2:55 PM

but you're james and we all know james is a liar! =\

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syk0saje syk0saje : 4:38 PM

ahahahaha nice one

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Jeanine Arias : 7:33 PM

... :P

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jacqueline rosete : 8:18 PM

naalala ko yung movie na thank you for smoking, ganyang argument yung ginagamit nung lobbyist ng smoking.

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ah basta : 8:45 PM