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Logic and Argument
Evidence So how do you create an argument with solid premises? You review your evidence, making sure that it is fair, objective, and complete. Ask yourself the following questions about the evidence in your paper. Have you suppressed any facts? The opponent's point of view...
Purdue OWL 2004: Argumentative Writing: Fallacies Handout
necessities and emergencies, or better community planning to discourage daily driving. Ad hominem: This is an attack on the character of a person rather than her/his opinions or arguments. Example: Green Peace's strategies aren't effective because they are all dirty, lazy hippies....
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: informal
determining whether an argument is persuasive or not. In keeping with this, an ad hominem argument may be understood as an attack on the ethos of an arguer which is in principle acceptable. This does not mean that every ad hominem is acceptable, but only those whic...