Logical Fallacies

             Fallacy Summary and Application Paper
             A Personal Attack fallacy is committed when we reject the argument or claim of a person by attacking them with abusive personal remarks used as evidence to support their argument or claim. This type of thinking is fallacious because it directs the claim at the individual and not the argument or claim they are making. The truth in an argument or claim should always be independent of the individual. Many times a negative statement or article will make an assumption based on how they view the issue or person. So no matter how you feel about a person that should not be a part of the reasoning or evidence used to support the argument. One should always focus their attention on the content of the argument or claim and not the person who made the argument. As the content of the argument/claim is what we use to determine the validity or truth of the argument/claim.
             We have many examples of this type of fallacy almost every day. A good example would be when a person makes a statement or presents an argument, they are attacked personally and not on the facts pertaining to the statement. If I made the statement "The sun was very bright today" and another person replied "It's so bright because you are a mole". That would be an attack on me personally, not an argument that provided any evidence to counter the statement.
             This type of reasoning is very deceptive for critical thinking. A majority of the time other influences are used to make the personal attack seem more truthful. A good example would be to make the personal attack coincide with what the audience or group has in common. That could be anything from political party, religious beliefs, or even fishing buddies. Using these common issues, the statement seems more plausible even though it doesn't have any evidence to support it.
             When in the decision making process, this type
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