High on the list of fallacious tricks of rhetoric is one called argumentum ad populum, meaning an argument appealing to popular passions. |
It is a venue where debate is respected and seldom degenerates into argumentum ad hominem. |
I have necessarily, in answering the Senator, gone somewhat into the argumentum ad hominem. |
This fallacy may sound antique, especially with its Latin name argumentum ad hominem. |
The argumentum ad crumenam, however, is understood wherever there are pockets to appeal to, and even where there are none. |
And much the same may be said for the argumentum ad verecundiam. |