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The ad hominem (abusive) generally is an attack on one's character and bulverism uses the genetic fallacy where the origin of the argument is evaluated rather than the argument itself. So while they can overlap like in your example, they don't have to. For example, if someone dismissed an argument because it came from the Bible, that would be the genetic fallacy, not an ad hominem. |
answered on Tuesday, Jan 04, 2022 07:25:39 PM by Bo Bennett, PhD | |
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