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It's called an ad hominem argument, and it's one of the many well-known logical fallacies. For more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem http://en.wikipedia
by cal5k 16y ago
It's called an ad hominem argument, and it's one of the many well-known logical fallacies. For more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
- thaumaturgy 16y agoHah, and this is one of the few, few times that I've seen someone online correctly saying that an argument was ad hominem. Can someone who knows Latin give me a name for the logical fallacy of incorrectly dismissing an argument as ad hominem?
- qjz 16y agoNot so specific, but fecious reasoning is a broad spectrum disorder that might be applicable...
- ojbyrne 16y agoFrom a quick dictionary lookup, "fecious" doesn't seem to be a word. Do you mean "specious?"
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- JangoSteve 16y agoI think it's slang. I found a definition on an online dictionary with a less-than-stellar reputation (they have a poor Web of Trust score). They defined it as meaning "suspicious and feces-ridden". Heh.
- qjz 16y ago-ous: adjective forming suffix meaning "full of" feces: sh*t fecious: [I'll leave this as an exercise for the class]
- eds 16y agoFecious?
- eavc 16y agoWhatever the latin for being wrong while trying to appeal to authority and intimidate someone would be. If you want to coin it, seems like you can!