What is the Ad Hominem Fallacy? The ad hominem fallacy occurs when someone attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself. This fallacy diverts attention from the actual issue ...

Debates are part of democracy and science. Debating an issue can happen on at least two levels. There is the fact level. And then there’s deflecting and evading, which avoids the issues of fact but ...

Logical fallacies are flaws in reasoning. They are often called informal fallacies. It's becoming more common for people to call out these fallacies by name. You often hear accusations of people ...