are you calling Webster "carnal?" Incredible. And what carnal quotation is yours?? I don't need to read your submittal. Mine is quite adequate. This is what Webster's says and that settles it. The only reason why ------------- the ONLY reason why you continue to debate this, why you want to elevate one stated definition over another --- is that the former definition finds you at fault.
And you wonder why some think you are in the wrong league when you write stuff like this:
Carnal reasoning is never pure JD - see definition of Ad hom attack below.
-----Original Message-----
From: Judy Taylor <jandgtaylor1@juno.com>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sat, 3 Dec 2005 11:35:53 -0500
Subject: [TruthTalk] What is an argumentum ad hominem - for Lance & JD Smithson
JD writes: By the same logic, I can call you Jezebel Taylor and Kevin "Dunce Deegan" and and so on. And "ad hom" has no such limitations except here on TT. Ad hom is an attack on the person or words of an individual "rather than an appeal to pure reason" (Webster's Encyclopedic Dictionary.)
Carnal reasoning is never pure JD - see definition of Ad hom attack below.
Attacking the Person
(argumentum ad hominem)
Definition:
- The person presenting an argument is attacked instead of the argument itself. This takes many forms. For example, the
person's character, nationality or religion may be attacked. Alternatively, it may be pointed out that a person stands to
gain from a favourable outcome. Or, finally, a person may be attacked by association, or by the company he keeps.
There are three major forms of Attacking the Person:
(1) ad hominem (abusive): instead of attacking an assertion, the argument attacks the person who made the assertion.
(2) ad hominem (circumstantial): instead of attacking an assertion the author points to the relationship between the
person making the assertion and the person's circumstances.
(3) ad hominem (tu quoque): this form of attack on the person notes that a person does not practise what he preaches.
(2) ad hominem (circumstantial): instead of attacking an assertion the author points to the relationship between the
person making the assertion and the person's circumstances.
(3) ad hominem (tu quoque): this form of attack on the person notes that a person does not practise what he preaches.
