Ad Hominem Fallacy Research Paper

The Ad Hominem fallacy is the act of attacking the characteristic of a person in an argument rather than the argument itself. This fallacy is used to remove the creditability of someone due to things not in relation to the case. For example if a witness in a court case was a pasted convicted felon , then their credibility could be lost by the jury even though it was irrelevant information to the case at hand. Even if the statements made by the witness are true the jury may not believe him/her. Emotions tend to be strong point of Ad Hominem fallacy. Emotion can cloud just judgement and cause problems in daily life and especially court cases. There are different versions of Ad hominem fallacy, including fallacious, non-fallacious, biased, psychological, inconsistency, and inverse. …show more content…
For example, political “mudslinging” is fallacious. Non-fallacious ad hominem is when a statement is reliant on a testimony, and ad hominem argument become non-fallacious and are relevant. Bias ad hominem is a fallacy that occurs when within an argument someone has a predetermined opinion or bias within the question. For example, a National Rifle Association member in an argument about gun control legislation would obviously decide against more gun control