Argumentum ad Hominem/Examples

Examples of Argumentum ad Hominem

Examples of argumentum ad hominem:

"I'm not even going to bother to read that proof you just posted up - if it's by you then it's bound to be rubbish."

"National Inquirer? Don't believe everything you read in there, those reporters are all crackpots."

"No butcher can be expected to argue honestly about the meat trade."

All of the above may or may not be true statements, but all are ultimately fallacious.

Sources

• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): fallacy