- Ad
hominem (Latin for 'to the person'),
short for
argumentum ad hominem,
refers to
several types of
arguments that are fallacious.
Typically this term...
- 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...
-
Appeal to
tradition (also
known as
argumentum ad
antiquitatem or
argumentum ad antiquitam,
appeal to antiquity, or
appeal to
common practice) is a claim...
- authority. An
argument from
authority (
argumentum ab auctoritate), also
called an
appeal to authority, or
argumentum ad verecundiam, is a form of argument...
-
Argumentum a
fortiori (literally "argument from the
stronger [reason]") (UK: /ˈɑː fɔːrtiˈoʊri/, US: /ˈeɪ fɔːrʃiˈɔːraɪ/) is a form of
argumentation that...
- An
argumentum ad
crumenam argument, also
known as an
argument to the purse, is the
informal fallacy of
concluding that a
statement is
correct because the...
-
Argument from
ignorance (from Latin:
argumentum ad ignorantiam), also
known as
appeal to
ignorance (in
which ignorance represents "a lack of
contrary evidence")...
- 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...
- to
moderation (false compromise,
middle ground,
fallacy of the mean,
argumentum ad temperantiam) – ****uming that a
compromise between two
positions is...
