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AD HOMINEM! No seriously. It is. If you present an argument online, and someone points out that you've committed a logical fallacy. They've undermined your arg
by lbrandy 18y ago
AD HOMINEM!
No seriously. It is. If you present an argument online, and someone points out that you've committed a logical fallacy. They've undermined your argument and rendered your conclusion unproven. If your response is to attack them as "logical fallacy fanboys".. attacking their intentions and other non-salient points... that doesn't change the argument at hand and consequently you've committed an ad hominem!
I think I might be one of those logical fallacy fanboys.
- jcromartie 18y agoI'm saying that all they do is point out logical fallacies, and that eventually they point out ones that are merely their own inference, and were not actually part of what you said. It becomes an endless meta-argument about how to argue.