Logical Fallacy of Poisoning the Well / Discrediting
The Logical Fallacy of Poisoning the Well / Discrediting occurs when an ad hominem attack is launched by exposing negative information (whether true or false) about the other person/position in hopes of swaying the minds of the audience against the other person/position rather than relying on sound argument.
Examples of the Logical Fallacy of Poisoning the Well / Discrediting
A worker makes derogatory remarks to the boss about a coworker.
An Atheist attempts to discredit the qualified scientists who don't believe the Big-Bang-Billions-of-Years-No-Flood-Molecules-to-Man story.
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Last updated: Sep, 2014
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