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Ad Hominem

[Latin, To the person.] A term used in debate to denote an argument made personally against an opponent, instead of against the opponent's argument.

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Ad hominem arguments often elicit ad hominem attacks in response, like this: "Only according to you trashy traitor and rabid anti-Muslim fascist.
Indulging in fallacies..
The findings of the study reveal the difference between the disputants' and mediators' responses to ad hominem arguments, and this difference can be well illustrated by cases when an ad hominem argument is refuted.
The treatment of fallacies in argumentative situations during mediation sessions
Finally, Denyer's ad hominem arguments are inappropriate.
On inconsistent arithmetics: a reply to Denyer
Where civil rationality calls for the strict exclusion of all personal attacks (even suggesting that the misuse of titles is similar to an ad hominem argument, as both personalize an issue that ought to remain impersonal), argumentation scholars suggest that such argumentative moves can be appropriate, depending on the context and purpose of the dialogue.
Civility and social responsibility: "civil rationality" in confirmation hearings of justices Roberts and Alito
Fourth, I will contend that argument in the human sciences, especially the scientific study of race, is both inquiry and deliberation, in Walton's terms, and I will show how the Pioneer Fund's critics are making a nonfallacious ad hominem argument.
Argumentum ad hominem in the science of race
Those who have previously picked up Finocchiaro's work on Galileo already will be aware of the special attention he has drawn to the astronomer's use of ad hominem argument.
Arguments about Arguments: Systematic, Critical, and Historical Essays in Logical Theory
The ad hominem argument makes use of the audience's values and principles in reaching conclusions.
Arguing with God, Talmudic discourse, and the Jewish countermodel: implications for the study of argumentation
In the three essays that follow Walton's, students of rhetoric apply his conception of ad hominem argument to other debates in the United States Congress.
INTRODUCTION
The ad hominem argument is not a new phenomenon in American political discourse.
USE OF AD HOMINEM ARGUMENT IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE: THE BATTALINO CASE FROM THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF PRESIDENT CLINTON
In the above excerpt, Frank appears to be making a direct ad hominem argument from veracity (Ad Hominem Arguments 250).
LIARS AND GHOSTS IN THE HOUSE OF CONGRESS: FRANK'S AD HOMINEM ARGUMENTS IN THE CASE AGAINST DOMA
As the Ad Hominem argument has traditionally been dismissed as a fallacy of logic, so John Randolph of Roanoke (1773--1833), who was perhaps its most prolific practitioner has been generally neglected as an orator.
JOHN RANDOLPH OF ROANOKE AND THE ARGUMENTUM AD HOMINEM
This paper will demonstrate that Senator Bumpers' bias ad hominem argument was reasonable in the argumentative context in which it took place.
"13 ANGRY MEN": DALE BUMPER'S AD HOMINEM IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF PRESIDENT CLINTON

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