![]() ![]() The valid types of ad hominem arguments are generally only encountered in specialized philosophical usage. The most common form of this fallacy is "A makes a claim x, B asserts that A holds a property that is unwelcome, and hence B concludes that argument x is wrong". This avoids genuine debate by creating a diversion to some irrelevant but often highly charged issue. Typically this term refers to a rhetorical strategy where the speaker attacks the character, motive, or some other attribute of the person making an argument rather than attacking the substance of the argument itself. "The BBC has been accused of 'absurd political correctness' after dropping the terms BC and AD in case they offend non-Christians." ( BBC turns its back on year of Our Lord).Attacking the person rather than the argumentĪd hominem ( Latin for 'to the person'), short for argumentum ad hominem, is a term that refers to several types of arguments, most of which are fallacious. ![]() Why has the change from BC and AD to something different and generic become more pervasive? It certainly isn't for the sake of accuracy, as the same year numbering system is still used! In September 2011, the British newspaper The Daily Mail wrote about the BBC moving to use BCE / CE for all their dates. Today, everything from scientific publications, school textbooks, news reporting and even Biblical commentaries have changed to using the new abbreviations. is short for "common era." Their popularity has grown significantly in the 21st century. ![]() stands for "before common era" while C.E. Many historians and researchers have determined that the original numbering of years is off from between one to six years! 's detailed timeline of Christ's birth places it in 5 BC. He laid the groundwork for the later use of BC and AD ( Origin & History of the BCE / CE Dating System) which began to receive widespread acceptance during the reign of Charlemagne.īased on this system it is natural to assume Jesus was born in 1 A.D. Our modern numbering system for years got its start in 525 AD by a Catholic monk who sought to compute the dates for the church's Easter festival. ![]()
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