Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 64 (9164 total)
5 online now:
Newest Member: ChatGPT
Post Volume: Total: 916,901 Year: 4,158/9,624 Month: 1,029/974 Week: 356/286 Day: 12/65 Hour: 0/0


EvC Forum ⇒ Side Orders ⇒ Free For All ⇒

Idiocy of the most amusing kind.....

Thread ▼ Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   Idiocy of the most amusing kind.....
frank
Inactive Member

Normal Thread Display
Message 23 of 91 (13589)
07-15-2002 6:40 PM 		Reply to: Message 15 by Zaphod
07-14-2002 4:14 PM

If I remember correctly, ad hominem can be of 2 types, abusive - attacks ones character, and circumstantial, which attacks the speakers position, e.g., we should dismiss ones argument about a company because the speaker is the president of the company.
​
Frank
This message is a reply to:
 Message 15 by Zaphod, posted 07-14-2002 4:14 PM Zaphod has not replied
  
Date format: mm-dd-yyyy
Timezone: ET (US)
  
Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024