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That is not an example of the ad hominem fallacy
by peteretep 10y ago
That is not an example of the ad hominem fallacy
- woodruffw 10y agoI pretty much said that - it's an ad hominem, but it's not fallacious.
- peteretep 10y agoAd hominem is short for argumentum ad hominem, which is a type of logical fallacy. Saying "it's an ad hominem but it's not fallacious" suggests you either don't understand this, or you think that the example you've given is an example where the authority of the arguer is indeed part of the argument (which is indeed a non-fallacious ad hominem), which it's clearly not.