Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Philosophy Particular problems and topics

Ad Hominem, Argument

AD HOMINEM, ARGOMENTO

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Also known as: German: argumentum ad hominem; Spanish: argumento ad hominem; Latin: argumentum ad hominem, argumentum ex concessis, argumentum ex datis

AD HOMINEM, ARGUMENT. - A form of indirect argument, by which one concludes against an opponent starting from his own assertions and principles (Aristotle, Analyt. pr., I, 23, 41 a 37 ff.). It should be noted that the a. h. argument (otherwise also called ex datis, ex concessis) does not take into account whether the principles admitted by the opponent are in themselves true or false. In the latter case the argument, without claiming a true conclusion, limits itself to placing the opponent in contradiction with himself.

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BIBL.: U. Viglino, Logica, Rome 1941, pp. 330-34.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 305.

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Viglino, Ugo. “Ad Hominem, argomento.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 305. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/ad-hominem-argomento.

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Viglino, Ugo. “Ad Hominem, argomento.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 305. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/ad-hominem-argomento.

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  title     = {Ad Hominem, argomento},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {305},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
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