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4 Νοε 2019 · Poisoning the well is a logical fallacy (a type of ad hominem argument) in which a person attempts to place an opponent in a position from which he or she is unable to reply.
Poisoning the well (or attempting to poison the well) is a type of informal fallacy where adverse information about a target is preemptively presented to an audience, with the intention of discrediting or ridiculing something that the target person is about to say.
21 Νοε 2023 · The poisoning the well fallacy is used in various situations, such as in politics, advertising, court, media, and in personal life. The following are poisoning the well fallacy examples:
17 Ιουλ 2021 · Exploring logical fallacies: The Ad Hominem attack, Poisoning the Well, Red Herring, and FalseEquivocations. Use of original cartoons and examples from media to illustrate the use of logical fallacies, and how they appear in formal debate.
9 Φεβ 2023 · Media literacy promotes the critical thinking skills that enable people to make independent choices, in particular how to evaluate and choose different information sources and channels, as well...
Poisoning the well occurs when negative information that is irrelevant is presented ahead of time to discredit the argument. For example, in a political campaign, candidate 2 presents negative information about candidate 1 (true or false) so that anything that candidate says will be discounted.
Starting from Walton’s view that the poisoning the well is a form of silencing, this paper seeks to defend and expand Walton’s analysis by establishing when making the social background of one’s opponent relevant to a debate is legitimate and when it is not.
