Ad Hominem Fallacy

Sally: You should stop eating meat. You're unhealthy and murdering animals.

Ruth: Of course you'd say that; you're a hippie. Everybody knows that hippies are crazy tree-hugging animal lovers.

• Ad Hominem

• Bandwagon

• Slippery Slope

• Strawman

Oh, please. What would you know about labor laws? You don’t even have a job.

• Ad hominem

• Slippery slope

• false dilemma

• circular reasoning

A mother says that she does not trust her pediatrician because she can't even style her hair nicely.

• Over-generalization

• Ad Hominem

• Slippery Slope

• Either/Or

this term refers to the diversionary tactic of switching the argument from the issue at hand to the character of the other speaker; Latin for "against the man"

• ad populum

• appeal to false authority

• ad hominem

• circular reasoning

Attacks the arguer instead of the argument

• Slippery slope

• False dilemma

• Ad hominem/personal attack/attack the man

• straw man

"Bernie Saunders wouldn't make a good president because he looks like a sad muppet."

• Stacking the deck/Bias

• ad hominem

• bandwagon

• Tu Quoque

Which of the following is an example of an Ad Hominem fallacy?

• Criticizing someone's argument based on their appearance

• Providing evidence to support a claim

• Using statistics to back up an argument

• Discussing the merits of an argument

What does the term 'Ad Hominem' mean in Latin?

• To the argument

• To the man

• To the people

• To the evidence

Identify the Ad Hominem fallacy in the following statement: 'You can't trust John's opinion on climate change; he's not even a scientist.'

• John's opinion is invalid because he's not a scientist

• John's argument lacks evidence

• John's argument is based on false premises

• John's argument is logically sound

Which of the following best describes an Ad Hominem attack?

• Attacking the person making the argument rather than the argument itself

• Using logical reasoning to refute an argument

• Presenting evidence to support a claim

• Discussing the topic at hand