On Behalf Of X Acto > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 10:47 PM [Directed to Marsha] > > I'm wise enough to know you're a douchebag
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem Which kind of Ad hominem attack is this? Is it: A) Ad hominem abusive Ad hominem abusive usually involves insulting or belittling one's opponent in order to invalidate their argument, but can also involve pointing out factual but ostensible character flaws or actions which are irrelevant to the opponent's argument. This tactic is logically fallacious because insults and even true negative facts about the opponent's personal character have nothing to do with the logical merits of the opponent's arguments or assertions. B) Ad hominem circumstantial Ad hominem circumstantial points out that someone is in circumstances such that he is disposed to take a particular position. Ad hominem circumstantial constitutes an attack on the bias of a source. This is fallacious because a disposition to make a certain argument does not make the argument false; this overlaps with the genetic fallacy (an argument that a claim is incorrect due to its source). Where the source taking a position seeks to convince us by a claim of authority, or personal observation, observation of their circumstances may reduce the evidentiary weight of the claims, sometimes to zero.[4] C) Ad hominem tu quoque Ad hominem tu quoque (lit: "You too!") refers to a claim that the source making the argument has spoken or acted in a way inconsistent with the argument. In particular, if Source A criticizes the actions of Source B, a tu quoque response is that Source A has acted in the same way. This argument is fallacious because it does not disprove the argument; if the premise is true then Source A may be a hypocrite, but this does not make the statement less credible from a logical perspective. Indeed, Source A may be in a position to provide personal testimony on the negative consequences of the stated action. I'm leaning toward C. Best, Mary > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:moq_discuss- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of X Acto > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 10:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MD] Social Intellectual > > > > > Marsha: > I'm not enlightened, but I am wise enough to know I don't know. > > > > I'm wise enough to know you're a douchebag > > in my relative truth opion > > > ___ > > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
