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  Ad nauseam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ad nauseam is a Latin term used to describe something that has been continuing "to the point of nausea." For example "This topic has been discussed ad nauseam": it has been discussed extensively and everyone has tired of it.
Argumentum ad nauseam or argument from repetition is the false proof of a statement by (prolonged) repetition, possibly by different people.
The exercise of argumentum ad nauseam can be widely observed in the distribution of "talking points," which are collections of short phrases that are issued to members of modern political parties for recitation to achieve maximum message repetition.
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 Sophisme - Wikipédia
Ad hominem aussi appelé argumentum ad hominem ou attaque personnelle est formulé contre la personne qui soutient une thèse, et non pas contre la thèse elle-même :
argumentum ad verecundiam aussi appelé le chef a toujours raison, ou argument d’autorité.
Argumentum ad lazarum (aussi appelé la raison du plus pauvre) « La classe ouvrière se bat avec le réel tous les jours et est seule à connaître la réalité du pays.
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 American History I: Syllabus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The circumstantial form of Argumentum ad Hominem is committed when a person argues that his opponent ought to accept the truth of an assertion because of the opponent's particular circumstances.
This fallacy is the opposite of the argumentum ad crumenam.
Shifting the burden of proof, a special case of Argumentum ad Ignorantiam, is the fallacy of putting the burden of proof on the person who denies or questions the assertion being made.
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 intro to logic
Argumentum ad antiquitatem This is the fallacy of asserting that something is right or good simply because it's old, or because "that's the way it's always been." The opposite of Argumentum ad Novitatem.
Argumentum ad crumenam The fallacy of believing that money is a criterion of correctness; that those with more money are more likely to be right.
Argumentum ad nauseam This is the incorrect belief that an assertion is more likely to be true, or is more likely to be accepted as true, the more often it is heard.
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 The Autonomist - Logic Fallacies
Ad baculum fallacy - (argument from power or force.) (The Latin means, "according to the stick," or "by means of the rod.") (See Argument from intimidation fallacy) Arguing to gain acceptance or agreement by a threat, or use of force.
Ad personam fallacy - (appeal to personal interest) Usually described as appealing to the personal likes (preferences, prejudices, predisposition) in order to have an argument accepted, but includes appeals to anything that is not, "rational," such as feelings, sense of honor, pride, reputation, habits, and most frequently fears, which of course are all personal interests.
Ad populum is not the same as either the Democratic or Consensus gentium fallacies, which attempt to prove something is true (or right) based on the number of people who already agree with, desire, or choose it.
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 NCPA Debate Central -- Logical Fallacies and Debate
Argumentum ad nauseam (argument to the point of disgust; i.e., by repitition).
The appropriate time to mention argumentum ad nauseam in a debate round is when the other team has made some assertion, failed to justify it, and then stated it again and again.
In general, debaters should be called down for committing argumentum ad verecundiam only when (a) they rely on an unqualified source for information about facts without other (qualified) sources of verification, or (b) they imply that some policy must be right simply because so-and-so thought so.
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 Re: Criticism-shameful - for Jass Singh Ji   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ad numerum fallacy - a number of other people have this name does not prove that it is your name also.
Ad logicam fallacy, also Cum hoc ergo propter hoc - the fact that truth is narrow does not prove that all the narrow-minded Christians are living a life of truth, or that you are well versed in truth.
Ad hominem fallacy - "a perspective which you probably would never know" is a strong statement, just another way of declaring that someone is an idiot.
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 Suggested for use in rebuttal format in the interest of verbiage reduction.
ARGUMENTUM VERBOSIUM--Padding your argument with unneeded verbiage in an effort to bury it so that it may escape the notice of your opponent that it is invalid.
ARGUMENTUM AD NAUSEAM--Repeating the same argument again and again while using different words to present it each time as if it became a new and compelling reason to accept it.
ARGUMENTUM HUMERUS--Claiming that your post was a troll, and your opponent fell for it like the silly fool he or she obviously is.
www.truthtree.com /Debating/posts/119.html   (796 words)

  
 English Composition 1: Logical Argument
Argumentum ad hominem usually occurs when the writer attacks the person or group of people making the assertion, rather than attacking the person's evidence, assumptions, premises, inferences, or conclusions.
he opposite of argumentum ad antiquitatem, the writer asserts that a proposition is more likely to be correct simply because it is new or newer than the other propositions.
Shifting the burden of proof, a special case of argumentum ad ignorantiam, means putting the burden of proof on the anyone who denies or questions the assertion being made.
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 Argumentum ad nauseam
Argumentum ad nauseam or Argument from repetition is the false conception that a statement is likely to be true if it has been repeated over and over many times, possibly by different people.
This logical fallacy is commonly used as a form of rhetoric by politicans.
The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
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 www.UrbanTerror.net :: View topic - Rules of Debate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Argumentum ad hominem This is the error of attacking the character or motives of a person who has stated an idea, rather than the idea itself.
Argumentum ad ignorantiam This is the fallacy of assuming something is true simply because it hasn't been proven false.
Whether or not an argumentum ad ignorantiam is really fallacious depends crucially upon the burden of proof.
www.forums.urbanterror.net /forums/viewtopic.php?t=2082   (838 words)

  
 Bashford's Logic FAQ
To conclude *-otherwise is to fall victim of the Argumentum ad Ignorantiam.
This fallacy is *-the opposite of the argumentum ad crumenam.
An "argumentum ad nauseam" is one *-that employs constant repetition in asserting something.
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 Logical fallacy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
When one politician says to another, "You don't have the moral authority to say X", this could be an example of the argumentum ad hominem or personal attack fallacy; that is, attempting to disprove X, not by addressing validity of X but by attacking the person who asserted X.
Ad hominem (also called argumentum ad hominem or personal attack) Including:
Argumentum ad nauseam (also called argument from repetition)
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 Ad nauseam - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ad nauseam - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Many are hardened to this form of fallacy by now, and tire of such repetition of slogans: witness the popular backlash to political slogans which get repeated endlessly.
The article about Ad nauseam contains information related to Ad nauseam and See also.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Ad_nauseam   (221 words)

  
 List of fallacy pages:A - EvoWiki   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ad ignorantiam fallacy - "absence of proof is proof of absence"
Argumentum ad ignorantiam - "absence of proof is proof of absence"
Argumentum ad temperantiam - claiming that in a given conflict, the middle ground must be the correct answer
wiki.cotch.net /index.php/List_of_fallacy_pages:A   (3614 words)

  
 The Atheism Web: Logic & Fallacies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A less blatant argumentum ad hominem is to reject a proposition based on the fact that it was also asserted by some other easily criticized person.
A second form of argumentum ad hominem is to try and persuade someone to accept a statement you make, by referring to that person's particular circumstances.
Argumentum ad Ignorantiam, is the fallacy of putting the burden of proof on the person who denies or questions the assertion.
www.infidels.org /news/atheism/logic.html   (5794 words)

  
 ESGS Logical Fallacies
Argument from Ignorance (ad ignorantiam): because a proposition is not known to be true/false it is aserted to be false/true
Appeal to Popularity/Belief (ad populum, ad numerum), Appeal to Common Practice: a proposition is argued to be true because it is widely held to be true/widely believed/widely practiced as a justification for the exemption
Fallacy Fallacy (ad logicam): arguing that a proposition is false because it has been presented as the conclusion of a fallacious argument.
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 Ad nauseam - Wikipedia
Ad nauseam es una locución latina que se utiliza para describir algo que continúa hasta llegar al punto de producir náuseas.
Por ejemplo: "Este asunto se ha debatido ad nauseam": quiere decir que se ha discutido tanto que todo el mundo se ha hartado del mismo.
Argumentum ad nauseam es la prueba falaz de un enunciado mediante su prolongada reiteración, por una o varias personas.
es.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ad_nauseam   (171 words)

  
 Logical Fallacies and the Art of Debate
Still, the higher burden generally rests with the proposing team, which means that only the opposition is in a position to make an accusation of argumentum ad ignorantiam with respect to proving the proposition.
Argumentum ad numerum (argument or appeal to numbers).
This fallacy is nearly identical to argumentum ad numerum, which you should see for more details.
www.csun.edu /~dgw61315/fallacies.html   (5262 words)

  
 U.S.S. Mariner » Rhetoric, Logical Fallacies and Baseball
Argumentum ad antiquitatem might be the only argument for keeping the dropped third strike rule on the books.
A fine mixture of argumentum ad antiquitatem with a non sequitur - heard often during the just-completed season.
A great example of argumentum ad antiquitatum is: it’s okay to retaliate for a beanball taken by a teammate by beaning one of the other team’s batters, because pitchers have done so to protect their guys since the beginning of baseball.
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 What Are _Ad_Hominem_ Arguments?
Whether we describe it as ad hominem or not, an argument of the form P1+P2->C is not ipso facto a fallacy whenever P1 or P2 happens to be directed towards (or "against") a specific person.
I note that the discussion of "ad hominem" within a taxonomy of fallacies is widely observed, and that we owe it primarily to Aristotle.
The Encyclopedia of Philosophy gives this definition for argumentum ad hominem: an argument that attempts to disprove the truth of what is asserted by attacking the asserter or attempts to prove the truth of what is asserted by appealing to the opponent's special circumstances.
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 The Lair of Fang-Face DreamWeaver: debate guidelines and structuring logical arguments   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This is a valid way of reducing the credibility of the testimony given by the witness, and not argumentum ad hominem; however, it does not demonstrate that the witness's testimony is false.
Argumentum ad ignorantiam means "argument from ignorance." This fallacy occurs whenever it is argued that something must be true simply because it has not been proved false.
But in 2000 Bush added another problematic element to such exchanges by rejecting accurate claims by Gore as "fuzzy math," indicating that there was a computational error in Gore's analysis that could be corrected.
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 Encyclopedia: Ad nauseam
Latin is the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium.
The exercise of argumentum ad nauseam can be widely observed in the distribution of "Talking Points," which are collections of short phrases that are issued to members of modern political parties for recitation to achieve maximum message repitition.
Ad infinitum is a Latin phrase meaning to infinity.
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 Argumentum Ad Nauseam Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Argumentum Ad Nauseam Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography
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 Constructing a Logical Argument
This is the opposite of the argumentum ad antiquitam; it is the fallacy of asserting that something is more correct simply because it is new or newer than something else.
Shifting the burden of proof, a special case of argumentum ad ignorantium, is the fallacy of putting the burden of proof on the person who denies or questions the assertion being made.
A form of the reductio ad absurdum argument, known as indirect proof or reductio ad impossibile, is one that proves a proposition false by showing that it results in a contradiction.
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 Humanist.Archives.Vol.12: 12.0366 argumenta ad risum
argumentum ad baculum - argument to the stick - appeal to force.
argumentum ad captandum vulgus - argument to capture the vulgar mass.
I leave you with the argumentum ad meridiem.
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 Logic & Fallacies Article at Michael Covel Blog
This is the opposite of the Argumentum ad Antiquitatem; it's the fallacy of asserting that something is better or more correct simply because it is new, or newer than something else.
On Usenet, your argument is often less likely to be heard if you repeat it over and over again, as people will tend to put you in their kill files.
Argumentum ad ignorantiam means "argument from ignorance." The fallacy occurs when it's argued that something must be true, simply because it hasn't been proved false.
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 Sociedade da Terra Redonda - Scientia: Lógica & Falácias   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Argumentum ad hominem literalmente significa "argumento dirigido ao homem"; existem duas variedades.
Então um Argumentum ad Nauseam é um que implica constante repetição em afirmar alguma coisa, dizendo a mesma coisa várias vezes até você ficar enjoado de ouvir.
Esse é oposto de Argumentum Ad Antiquitatem; é a falácia de afirmar que algo é melhor ou mais correto simplesmente porque é novo, ou mais novo que outra coisa.
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