The Fallacy Of Personal Attack

Term Paper Title	The Fallacy Of Personal Attack
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The Fallacy of Personal Attack

Fallacy of Personal Attack

     The fallacy of personal attack involves assaulting the arguer rather than the
argument.  This fallacy is very common.  Personal attack is like not accepting a argument
because of the way one looks or because they eat seafood any you do not.  This form of
rejection is not logical.  There are three forms of personal attack, character assassination,
circumstantial and tu quoque.
     Character assassination is a personal attack where the arguer's reputation is
considered evidence that his argument is false.  For example, if a convicted felon out of jail
has an argument, most people will not believe him bec...

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