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-====== (Argumentum) ad Hominem ======
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+== Ad Hominem ==
+Category: personal attacks.
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+====== Ad Hominem Fallacies ======
-Latin for: "(argument) against the person". Refers to an unfair attack on the person presenting an argument; This stands in contrast to a //factual// argument (<i :la>[[glossary:ad_res_rem|ad res/rem]]</i>), which is directed against the argument itself.
+Various forms of //fallacious arguments// or flawed reasoning that involve attacking the //person// putting forward an argument, or the //source// cited, rather than addressing the argument objectively (<i :la>[[glossary:ad_res_rem|ad res/rem]]</i>).
-In most circumstances, such <i :la>ad hominem</i> attacks are considered //unobjective// and //unfair// (for exceptions, see below).
-<i :la>Ad hominem</i>-attacks usually serve as [[rhetoric:red_herrings:index|red herrings]], i.e. rhetorical devices intended to //distract// from the actual topic of discussion.
+This type of argument can be seen both as a rhetorical diversionary tactic ("[[rhetoric:red_herrings:index|red herrings]]) and as an [[relevance:index|irrelevant argument]]. In most cases, however, such attacks should be regarded as unobjective and unfair – for exceptions, see below.
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