If you’ve been in on any online debates, you’ve probably heard of the ad hominem argument, an “argument against the person” in other words, attacks on someone’s character. Here’s one formal definition ...

If you’ve been in on any online debates, you’ve probably heard of the ad hominem argument, an “argument against the person” in other words, attacks on someone’s character. Here’s one formal definition ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Latin phrase ad hominem literally means “to the person”—and so the ad hominem argument is an argument that’s applied to, or ...