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Name calling

Directing insulting or demeaning labels

Directing insulting or demeaning labels

Name-calling is a form of argument in which insulting or demeaning labels are directed at an individual or group. This phenomenon is studied by a variety of academic disciplines such as anthropology, child psychology, and political science. It is also studied in rhetoric and a variety of other disciplines.

In politics and public opinion

Politicians sometimes resort to name-calling during political campaigns or public events with the intentions of gaining advantage over, or defending themselves from, an opponent or critic. Often such name-calling takes the form of labelling an opponent as an unreliable and untrustworthy source, such as use of the term "flip-flopper".

Common misconceptions

Gratuitous verbal abuse or "name-calling" is not on its own an example of the abusive argumentum ad hominem logical fallacy. The fallacy occurs only if personal attacks are employed to devalue a speaker's argument by attacking the speaker; personal insults in the middle of an otherwise sound argument are not fallacious ad hominem attacks.

References

References

  1. "The Ad Hominem Fallacy Fallacy". Plover.net.
  2. "Logical Fallacy: Argumentum ad Hominem". Fallacyfiles.org.
  3. [http://theautonomist.com/iindv/articles_stand/perm/fallacies.php#adhom Ad hominem fallacy] {{Webarchive. link. (2013-07-19 , Logical Fallacies, Formal and Informal, ''Independent Individualist''.)
  4. "AdHominem". Drury.edu.
  5. "Logical Fallacies» Ad Hominem (Personal Attack)". Logicalfallacies.info.
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