- Ad
hominem (Latin for 'to the person'),
short for
argumentum ad hominem,
refers to
several types of
arguments that are
usually fallacious.
Often currently...
- In
argumentation theory, an
argumentum ad
populum (Latin for 'appeal to the people') is a
fallacious argument which is
based on
claiming a
truth or affirming...
-
Argumentum ad
baculum (Latin for "argument to the cudgel" or "appeal to the stick") is the
fallacy committed when one
makes an
appeal to
force to bring...
- to
moderation (false compromise,
middle ground,
fallacy of the mean,
argumentum ad temperantiam) – ****uming that a
compromise between two
positions is...
- also in the ad
hominem fallacy. For this argument,
Locke coined the term
argumentum ad
verecundiam (appeal to shamefacedness/modesty)
because it
appeals to...
- An
argumentum ad
crumenam argument, also
known as an
argument to the purse, is the
informal fallacy of
drawing conclusions based on the speaker's financial...
-
position as
correct due to it not
having been
contradicted is also
called argumentum ad
infinitum (to infinity) and
argument from repetition. The term is defined...
- An
appeal to fear (also
called argumentum ad
metum or
argumentum in terrorem) is a
fallacy in
which a
person attempts to
create support for an idea by...
-
Argument from
ignorance (Latin:
argumentum ad ignorantiam), or
appeal to ignorance, is an
informal fallacy where something is
claimed to be true or false...
-
reductio ad
absurdum (Latin for "reduction to absurdity"), also
known as
argumentum ad
absurdum (Latin for "argument to absurdity") or
apagogical argument...
