NODE 3c64a846Re: "Just call the police"...yeah, right
logos <logos@c2.net>Tue, 3 Dec 1996 22:30:08 -0800 (PST)
On Tue, 3 Dec 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
> Saying "just call the police" strikes me as being one of
> the most absurd things I've ever heard on this list.
>
> (If I receive a "Logos-gram" warning me I am being
> unpolite, you know where it'll go.)
The name of the informal logical fallacy Tim May has *not*
made is 'argumentum ad hominem' (literally, 'an argument
to the man'; attacking one's opponent rather than dealing
with the subject under discussion; aka name calling).
Having said that, while Tim May has not committed a logical
fallacy, neither has he advanced a logical argument. He
has merely stated his conclusory opinion of the other
person's comment. By itself, it adds little or nothing of
substance to the argument.
Logos out