To: Petronski
In my Mac dictionary it says: ad hominem |ˈad ˈhämənəm| adverb & adjective 1 (of an argument or reaction) arising from or appealing to the emotions and not reason or logic. attacking an opponents motives or character rather than the policy or position they maintain : vicious ad hominem attacks. 2 relating to or associated with a particular person : [as adv. ] the office was created ad hominem for Fenton. | [as adj. ] an ad hominem response. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: Latin, literally to the person.
To: TheStickman
Yep, that's the entirety of the Spotlight definition.
But that first definition is overly-broad because there are arguments that appeal to emotion which are not ad hominem.
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08/16/2009 3:40:11 PM PDT by
Petronski
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