[ExI] Striving for Objectivity Across Different Cultures

Damien Broderick thespike at satx.rr.com
Tue Aug 19 17:50:22 UTC 2008


At 05:26 PM 8/19/2008 +0000, BillK wrote:

>How about going back to the Latin?
>
><http://www.epistemelinks.com/main/latinwords.asp>
>
>Argumentum ad personam - Argument to the person. General form of
>Argumentum ad hominem (or ad feminam to distinguish women).

Reprise of June post:

http://www.dianahsieh.com/misc/fallacies.html

ad personam: appealing to the misrepresented self-interest of those 
one is trying to convince.  




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