A logical fallacy where someone claims that the argument or position of someone else is invalid not due to any faults in it but based off of faults, real or imagined, of the other person.
This argument does not make the claim it is used in valid, but also does not render it wholly invalid provided that valid arguments may be found in other parts of the claim.
This argument does not make the claim it is used in valid, but also does not render it wholly invalid provided that valid arguments may be found in other parts of the claim.
Examples of Argument ad Hominem:
1. Your presidential candidate has been shown to have been cheating on her wife, how the hell can you trust her to manage labor issues?
2. He's not a valid candidate, just look at how he dresses! If he can't mage his wardrobe, how's he going to manage a whole state?
1. Your presidential candidate has been shown to have been cheating on her wife, how the hell can you trust her to manage labor issues?
2. He's not a valid candidate, just look at how he dresses! If he can't mage his wardrobe, how's he going to manage a whole state?
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1. the argument which states: anything which is an effect must have a cause.
2. the argument which states: anything that exists has a beginning.
2. the argument which states: anything that exists has a beginning.
1. the universe is an effect, therefore the universe has a cause.
2. the universe exists, therefore the universe has a beginning.
2. the universe exists, therefore the universe has a beginning.
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An argumentum ad indium (Faux Latin: "appeal to the indies"), in logic, is a fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be false because many or all people like it; it alleges that "If many likes it, it is crap."
This type of argument is known by several names, including appeal to the few, appeal to the self, appeal to the minority, argument by dissent, authority of the few, and bandwagon certainty.
It is also the basis of a number of seemingly paradoxical social phenomena, including communal reinforcement and the bandwagon effect, the spreading of various musical and anti-musical beliefs, and of the Indie proverb "I liked band x before they sold out".
An argumentum ad indium (Faux Latin: "appeal to the indies"), in logic, is a fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be false because many or all people like it; it alleges that "If many likes it, it is crap."
This type of argument is known by several names, including appeal to the few, appeal to the self, appeal to the minority, argument by dissent, authority of the few, and bandwagon certainty.
It is also the basis of a number of seemingly paradoxical social phenomena, including communal reinforcement and the bandwagon effect, the spreading of various musical and anti-musical beliefs, and of the Indie proverb "I liked band x before they sold out".
"Sure I might have briefly enjoyed Kings Of Leon's earlier work, but their latest album is pure pandering to the masses" - Argumentum ad indium
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Get the argumentative mug.An argument between two or more people about trivial, nonsensical, unimportant topics that occur only while drinking at bar. Typically unrelated to any topical or pertinent discussion topics, and has no real emotional ties for those involved.
Example 1:
Dude A: "Tom Waits wrote Ol' 55. I'm sure of it."
Dude B: "No, the Eagles did, and Tom Waits jacked them!"
Dude A: "No, The Eagles covered that tune. Look it up!"
Bartender: "Hey guys, keep that bargument down over there, you're creeping out the cool kids."
Example 2:
In text message to oustide source: "I'm in the middle of a bargument- what was that 1980's film about the pizza delivery boy played by Patrick Dempsey? I said Loverboy, but no one will agree..."
Dude A: "Tom Waits wrote Ol' 55. I'm sure of it."
Dude B: "No, the Eagles did, and Tom Waits jacked them!"
Dude A: "No, The Eagles covered that tune. Look it up!"
Bartender: "Hey guys, keep that bargument down over there, you're creeping out the cool kids."
Example 2:
In text message to oustide source: "I'm in the middle of a bargument- what was that 1980's film about the pizza delivery boy played by Patrick Dempsey? I said Loverboy, but no one will agree..."
by EazyP April 1, 2009
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Bearer1 says, "A child mentality in that immaturity affords them the rights of the immaturity to respond with substandard response."
Rath replies, "WTF, that's a straw hat argument!"
Rath replies, "WTF, that's a straw hat argument!"
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