Searching for the roots of the circumstantial ad hominem

Argumentation

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 207-221

  Walton, D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

ad hominem argument; Argument against the person; Character attack; Consistency; Ethical conduct; Fallacies; Integrity; Logic; Personal attack; Rhetoric; Virtue

Indexed keywords

EID: 23844500971     PISSN: 0920427X     EISSN: 15728374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011120100277     Document Type: Review

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