Ad hominem

fallacies are basically common errors. Everyone single person every day makes a common error. The logical fallacies that I will be discussing are the sunk cost fallacy, slippery slope fallacy, hasty generalization fallacy, post hoc ergo propter hoc, ad hominem, red herring, and the straw man fallacy. It happens to everyone of us, even though we may not even realize it sometimes. Sunk cost fallacy is getting into something and not wanting to get out of it because you may have put a lot of time…

Creditability changes perception. In today’s society people will listen and believe anything as long as they trust the source. In Josh Fox’s Gasland he builds this trust and creditability through the use of pathos. Viewers sympathize with the small town man from Pennsylvania whose peaceful lifestyle has been invaded by the negative effects of fracking. The interactions with fellow victims seem real and genuine; the audience begins to feel remorse for the health and well being of those affected.…

In recent news Robert Dear attacked a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado. After entering the Planned Parenthood facility with a gun and opening fire, Dear claimed to be a “baby warrior” as he took the lives of three people while wounding nine (Liss-Schultz). While this is situational irony in itself, society, whether pro-life or pro-choice, banded together to bring justice to Robert Dear. The media shockingly chose to cover this topic in a manner that takes a stance against…

An example of an ad hominem is, “Ms. Chua parenting prescription is that it exists wholly apart from any passion or innate talent” (311). Rosin might suggest Ms. Chua doesn’t know how to live life to the fullest, or maybe she is bland and had no childhood of her own. False…

The question of whether journalists or private philanthropists have a greater responsibility to rhetorical ethics requires an examination…? David Oliver Relin and Greg Mortenson’s Three Cups of Tea demonstrates the power of a private philanthropist in using emotional appeals and embellishments of truth to convince the public into giving money to a charity—in this case, the Central Asia Institute (CAI). On the other hand, an analysis of John Krakauer’s rhetoric in Three Cups of Deceit proves that…

Ad populum and Ad hominem are two type of fallacies that is best avoided in an argument because they offer no real contribution toward the topic of discussion and at the same time, they can bring down the quality of the argument Ad populum is the assumption that if the majority of people believe in a certain proposition, then that proposition must be true. People has always been vulnerable to the group mentality but nowadays, the usage of ad populum is even more prevalent due to the internet and…

I decided to write this post on behalf of the fallacies that were discussed in the first chapter. Of the logical fallacies that were discussed within the book, the one I chose to research was that of the Ad Hominem Fallacy; though more than that were found within the article. This fallacy occurs when an argument has in sued and the person or source of the argument is being attacked. Instead of the content of that argument being judged by merit the source of that content is being judged or…

this, he feels good about getting rid of the old politicians and accepts that it is the right thing to do because of how he feels. Bill is remorsful towards current politicians over personal reasons and not political, therefore this statement is an Ad Hominem argument. 2. Mary: Abortion is wrong. Jane: Why do you say that? Mary: Because it’s immoral. Why is it immoral to partake in abortion? This statement is begging the question. If the mother is on a harmful drug or a child becomes…

1. A. Name Of Fallacy: Ad Hominem B. Fallacy: “[Alger] murmur at the garbage remaining defenders, illiterate who stupidify academics. Often, they live in an alternate reality, making them the last ones to truly learn. C. Explanation: Ad Hominem deals with the association of a person and not of a text, which is what the quotation is exactly doing. In the quotation, the author directly attacks the people in question by being abusive in their name calling and condescending their intelligence. The…

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.…