The Greek Roots of the Ad Hominem-Argument

Autores
Chichi, Graciela Marta
Año de publicación
2002
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
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In this paper, I discuss the current thesis on the modern origin of the ad hominem-argument, by analysing the Aristotelian conception of it. In view of the recent accounts which consider it a relative argument, i.e., acceptable only by the particular respondent, I maintain that there are two Aristotelian versions of the ad hominem, that have identifiable characteristics, and both correspond to the standard variants distinguished in the contemporary treatments of the famous informal fallacy: the abusive and the circumstancial or tu quoque types. I propose to reconstruct the two Aristotelian versions (see sections 1 and 2), which have been recognized again in the ninteenth century (sec. 3). Finally, I examine whether or not it was considered as a fallacious dialogue device by Aristotle and by A. Schopenhauer (sec. 4).
Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación
Materia
Filosofía
argumentum ad hominem
argumentum ad personam
Aristotle
dialectics
Schopenhauer
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title The Greek Roots of the Ad Hominem-Argument
spellingShingle The Greek Roots of the Ad Hominem-Argument
Chichi, Graciela Marta
Filosofía
argumentum ad hominem
argumentum ad personam
Aristotle
dialectics
Schopenhauer
title_short The Greek Roots of the Ad Hominem-Argument
title_full The Greek Roots of the Ad Hominem-Argument
title_fullStr The Greek Roots of the Ad Hominem-Argument
title_full_unstemmed The Greek Roots of the Ad Hominem-Argument
title_sort The Greek Roots of the Ad Hominem-Argument
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Filosofía
argumentum ad hominem
argumentum ad personam
Aristotle
dialectics
Schopenhauer
topic Filosofía
argumentum ad hominem
argumentum ad personam
Aristotle
dialectics
Schopenhauer
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In this paper, I discuss the current thesis on the modern origin of the <i>ad hominem</i>-argument, by analysing the Aristotelian conception of it. In view of the recent accounts which consider it a relative argument, i.e., acceptable only by the particular respondent, I maintain that there are two Aristotelian versions of the <i>ad hominem</i>, that have identifiable characteristics, and both correspond to the standard variants distinguished in the contemporary treatments of the famous informal fallacy: the abusive and the circumstancial or <i>tu quoque</i> types. I propose to reconstruct the two Aristotelian versions (see sections 1 and 2), which have been recognized again in the ninteenth century (sec. 3). Finally, I examine whether or not it was considered as a fallacious dialogue device by Aristotle and by A. Schopenhauer (sec. 4).
Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación
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