MODR 1760 Study Guide - Final Guide: Counterargument, False Dilemma, Presupposition
7 Dec 2015
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Fallacies involving the person (truth seeking principle, respect principle, principle of argumentation, listening principle, challenge and response principle) Violate the basic aim of argumentation which is to establish the truth of a claim through reasoned argument. Involve attacking a person, or trying to influence the person by attacking or dismissing their argument. Attacking the individual rather than the individual"s arguments, as a way of dismissing the individual"s argument: abusive ad hominem (critical thinking, p. 172) Making personal attacks on the person"s expertise, character, intelligence, good faith, or other characteristics to demonstrate that the person"s argument or position should not be considered. The fallacy is committed when one engages in a personal attack as a means of ignoring, discrediting, or blunting the force of another"s argument: circumstantial ad hominem (critical thinking, pp. Trying to show that an individual"s argument should be rejected because of the individual"s personal circumstances and relationship with the subject of the argument .
