Ad Hominem Arguments

by Douglas N. Walton

Book Overview

Essential to an understanding of argumentation and logic, Ad Hominem Arguments is 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 attack argument, has now...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817309225
• ISBN13: 9780817309220
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"