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What rhetorical device attacks the individual instead of the argument?
Ad hominem is the name of the rhetorical device and informal fallacy that attacks the arguer instead of the arguer. In this device, the ad hominem attacker attempts to dismiss the argument by pointing out personal flaws or characteristics of the arguer.
What are some examples of Fallacies?
carrot
What is an argumentum?
An argumentum is a formal term for an argument.
What is an argumentum ad verecundiam?
An argumentum ad verecundiam is an argument from authority, or an appeal to authority.
What is an argumentum ad passiones?
An argumentum ad passiones is an appeal or argument intended to convince the listeners by agitating the emotions.
What is an argumentum ad populum?
An argumentum ad populum is a fallacious argument which concludes that a proposition is true because many people believe it.
What is an argumentum ad Lazarum?
An argumentum ad Lazarum is an appeal to poverty - a logical fallacy that a conclusion is correct because the speaker is poor.
What is an argumentum ad crumenam?
An argumentum ad crumenam is a logical fallacy of concluding that a proposition is correct because the person suggesting it is rich.
What is an argumentum ad fidem?
An argumentum ad fidem is a fallacious argument that asserts the truth of a proposition by an appeal to pious testimony or religious revelation.
How do you use ad hominem in a sentence?
you say blah blah blah ad hominem and then it is in your sentence.
Example of fallacies of argumentum ad verecundiam?
There are many examples of this. They include: when a crime is illegal it is also immoral, saying quotes from religious books to back your point, and believing what is told by someone of importance.
What Latin words mean strong?
argumentum a fortiori
