Valid Ad Hominem Arguments in Philosophy: Johnstone's Metaphilosophical Informal Logic
This is a critical examination of Johnstone's thesis that all valid philosophical arguments are ad hominem. I clarify his notions of valid, philosophical, and ad hominem. I illustrate the thesis with his refutation ofthe claim that only ordinary language is correct. r discuss his three supporti...
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| description | This is a critical examination of Johnstone's thesis that all valid philosophical arguments are ad hominem. I clarify his notions of valid, philosophical, and ad hominem. I illustrate the thesis with his refutation ofthe claim that only ordinary language is correct. r discuss his three supporting arguments (historical, theoretical, and intermediate). And r criticize the thesis with the objections that if an ad hominem argument
is valid, it is really ad rem; that it's unclear how his own theoretical argument can be ad hominem; that if an ad hominem argument is really valid, it would have to be based on the proponent's own assumptions; and that the thesis is not true of philosophical arguments that are constructive rather than critical. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0d710e6381ad48fb82f8ebbd9c09be372022-12-22T01:58:32ZengUniversity of WindsorInformal Logic0824-25772293-734X2001-01-0121110.22329/il.v21i1.2232Valid Ad Hominem Arguments in Philosophy: Johnstone's Metaphilosophical Informal LogicMaurice A. FinocchiaroThis is a critical examination of Johnstone's thesis that all valid philosophical arguments are ad hominem. I clarify his notions of valid, philosophical, and ad hominem. I illustrate the thesis with his refutation ofthe claim that only ordinary language is correct. r discuss his three supporting arguments (historical, theoretical, and intermediate). And r criticize the thesis with the objections that if an ad hominem argument is valid, it is really ad rem; that it's unclear how his own theoretical argument can be ad hominem; that if an ad hominem argument is really valid, it would have to be based on the proponent's own assumptions; and that the thesis is not true of philosophical arguments that are constructive rather than critical.https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/2232ad hominemvalidityphilosophical argumentmetaphilosophyHenry W. Johnstone Jr. |
| spellingShingle | Maurice A. Finocchiaro Valid Ad Hominem Arguments in Philosophy: Johnstone's Metaphilosophical Informal Logic Informal Logic ad hominem validity philosophical argument metaphilosophy Henry W. Johnstone Jr. |
| title | Valid Ad Hominem Arguments in Philosophy: Johnstone's Metaphilosophical Informal Logic |
| title_full | Valid Ad Hominem Arguments in Philosophy: Johnstone's Metaphilosophical Informal Logic |
| title_fullStr | Valid Ad Hominem Arguments in Philosophy: Johnstone's Metaphilosophical Informal Logic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Valid Ad Hominem Arguments in Philosophy: Johnstone's Metaphilosophical Informal Logic |
| title_short | Valid Ad Hominem Arguments in Philosophy: Johnstone's Metaphilosophical Informal Logic |
| title_sort | valid ad hominem arguments in philosophy johnstone s metaphilosophical informal logic |
| topic | ad hominem validity philosophical argument metaphilosophy Henry W. Johnstone Jr. |
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