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Ad Hominem Arguments

Douglas N. Walton

A vital contribution to legal theory and media and civic discourse In the 1860s, northern newspapers attacked Abraham Lincoln's policies by attacking his character, using the terms "drunk," "baboon," "too slow," "foolish," and "dishonest." Steadily on the increase in political argumentation since then, the argumentum ad hominem, or personal.

GenresReasoningPersuasion (Rhetoric)Ad hominem arguments

315 pages, 4 editions

English edition · First published 1998 by The University of Alabama Press · ISBN 9780585217741

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4 editions

English

  • Ad Hominem Arguments · The University of Alabama Press · 1998 · ISBN 9780585217741 This page
  • Ad hominem arguments · University of Alabama press · 1998 · ISBN 9780817355616
  • Ad Hominem Arguments · The University of Alabama Press · 1998 · ISBN 9780817391140
  • Ad Hominem Arguments · University of Alabama Press · 1998 · ISBN 9780817309220

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