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Circumstantial Ad Hominem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem#Circumstantial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem#Circumstantial What you say may be
by braythwayt 8y ago
Circumstantial Ad Hominem:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem#Circumstantial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem#Circumstantial
What you say may be true, but it does not establish that the OP’s argument is false.
- return1 8y agothe article is an opinion, an ad hominem may be appropriate to highlight the bias of said opinion
- braythwayt 8y agoAn expressed argument doesn’t have a bias, the person making it has a bias. The argument can be refuted on its merits. Arguing that we should discount an argument because of its speaker’s bias is the flip side of arguing that we should give it more weight because of the speaker’s authority, another fallacy. That being said, if the speaker (or anyone else) attempts to argue from authority, I feel it’s appropriate to use a circumstantial ad hominem argument. Not to discount the argument itself, but to point out that their own appeal to authority is not only fallacious, but also unfounded.