Ad Hominem Fallacy

Match the definition with the fallacy: "attacking the character of the person instead of the idea"

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

• Red Herring

• Straw Man

Which fallacy is pictured?

• Straw Man

• Ad Hominem

• Red Herring

• Bandwagon

An argument based on a personal attack on someone's character.

• appeal to nature

• ad hominem

• non sequitur

• bandwagon fallacy

"The Senator must be wrong on the issue of taxes because he's such a jerk to the people who work for him."

• appeal to nature

• ad hominem

• non sequitur

• bandwagon fallacy

The "Ad Hominem" fallacy is...

• when a person repeats ther claim as a means of providing evidence

• when a person offers only a limited number of options (usually two) when in fact more options/solutions are available

• when a person attacks the character of another person instead of adressing the issue at hand

• when a person introduces an irrelevent issue in order to divert attention from the topic at hand

A mother says that she does not trust her pediatrician because he has never been a mother.

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

• False Dilemma

• Bandwagon

Person 1:

"I am for raising the minimum wage in our state."

Person 2:

"She is for raising the minimum wage, but she is not smart enough to even run a business."

• Hasty Generalization: Conclusion based on a small sample size, rather than looking at statistics that are much more in line with the typical or average situation.

• Ad hominem: attacking the person making the argument, rather than the argument itself

• Red Herring: redirecting the argument to another issue to which the person doing the redirecting can better respond. The deliberate diversion of attention with the intention of trying to abandon the original argument.

• Post hoc: Claiming that because event Y followed event X, event Y must have been caused by event X, without properly establishing what really caused event Y.

My opponent raises a good point, but can we really trust him? I mean, he moved to this town only two years ago and everyone knows that his wife left him.

• Slippery Slope

• Sentimental Appeal

• Bandwagon

• Ad Hominem

attacking your opponent instead of attacking his argument​ ​ ​ (a)  

• Ad hominem/genetic fallacy

• Ad Misericordiam

• Red Herring/Smokescreen

• Slippery Slope

We cannot listen to John’s opinion on global warming because he is a tree hugger.

• ad hominem

• circular reasoning

• straw man

• red herring