O PRÍPUSTNOM POUŽITÍ ARGUMENTU AD HOMINEM

• Authors: Káčer Marek

Title variants

EN

On admissible use of the ad hominem argument

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

EN

In this article the author deals with the admissibility of ad hominem argumentation. Firstly, he presents logical and pragmatic reasons why ad hominem argumentation is considered to be fallacious. Secondly, he proposes that in some instances the use of ad hominem arguments is justifiable. The author grounds this claim on the observation that people in their everyday reasoning practice usually distinguish between right and wrong use of these arguments. Subsequently he proceeds to analyse briefly what factors have impact on the admissibility of ad hominem. Finally, he applies the results of my analysis to the problem of objecting the judicial bias. His main conclusion is that if we want to analyse ad hominem argumentation thoroughly we need to separate its description from its evaluation and consequently when delimiting this argument we should avoid mentioning that it is necessary fallacious.

Keywords

EN

ARGUMENT AD HOMINEM; LEGAL LOGIC; THEORY OF TRUTH; TYPOLOGY OF DIALOGUES

• Publisher: Institute of State and Law of the Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Právny obzor. Teoretický časopis pre otázky štátu a práva (Juridical Review. Theoretical journal for the questions of state and law)
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 99
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 455 – 465

Contributors

author

Káčer Marek

• Ústav štátu a práva SAV, Bratislava, Slovak Republic