It's All Very Well for You to Talk! Situationally Disqualifying Ad Hominem Attacks
The situationally disqualifying ad hominem attack is an argumentative move in critical dialogue whereby one participant points out certain features in his adversary's personal situation that are claimed to make it inappropriate for this adversary to take a particular point of view, to argue in...
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| description | The situationally disqualifying ad hominem attack is an argumentative move in critical dialogue whereby one participant points out certain features in his adversary's personal situation that are claimed to make it inappropriate for this adversary to take a particular point of view, to argue in a particular way, or to launch certain criticisms. In this paper, we discuss some examples of this way of arguing. Other types of ad hominem argumentation are discussed as well and compared with the situationally disqualifying type. The socalled Houtlosser Dilemma highlights the danger of unconditionally condoning ad hominem arguments. We propose a classification of ad hominem, and a more restrictive use of the term 'circumstantial'. Finally, we discuss whether ad hominem arguments are (always?) to be rejected as fallacious. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-95f3de59deda4ce3a59d13d45b3eeb0d2022-12-21T20:32:25ZengUniversity of WindsorInformal Logic0824-25772293-734X1993-01-0115210.22329/il.v15i2.2475It's All Very Well for You to Talk! Situationally Disqualifying Ad Hominem AttacksErik C. W. Krabbe0Douglas WaltonUniversity of GroningenThe situationally disqualifying ad hominem attack is an argumentative move in critical dialogue whereby one participant points out certain features in his adversary's personal situation that are claimed to make it inappropriate for this adversary to take a particular point of view, to argue in a particular way, or to launch certain criticisms. In this paper, we discuss some examples of this way of arguing. Other types of ad hominem argumentation are discussed as well and compared with the situationally disqualifying type. The socalled Houtlosser Dilemma highlights the danger of unconditionally condoning ad hominem arguments. We propose a classification of ad hominem, and a more restrictive use of the term 'circumstantial'. Finally, we discuss whether ad hominem arguments are (always?) to be rejected as fallacious.https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/2475Fallaciesargumentationad hominem argumentspersonal attackbiaspoisoning the well argument |
| spellingShingle | Erik C. W. Krabbe Douglas Walton It's All Very Well for You to Talk! Situationally Disqualifying Ad Hominem Attacks Informal Logic Fallacies argumentation ad hominem arguments personal attack bias poisoning the well argument |
| title | It's All Very Well for You to Talk! Situationally Disqualifying Ad Hominem Attacks |
| title_full | It's All Very Well for You to Talk! Situationally Disqualifying Ad Hominem Attacks |
| title_fullStr | It's All Very Well for You to Talk! Situationally Disqualifying Ad Hominem Attacks |
| title_full_unstemmed | It's All Very Well for You to Talk! Situationally Disqualifying Ad Hominem Attacks |
| title_short | It's All Very Well for You to Talk! Situationally Disqualifying Ad Hominem Attacks |
| title_sort | it s all very well for you to talk situationally disqualifying ad hominem attacks |
| topic | Fallacies argumentation ad hominem arguments personal attack bias poisoning the well argument |
| url | https://informallogic.ca/index.php/informal_logic/article/view/2475 |
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