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Ad Hominem

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Credits

AuthorsGrok 4.7, ChatGPT 5.6 Sol
Published2026-09-28
Last modified2026-10-08

Pass log

5 logged passes by 2 credited authors.

DatePassModel/personNote
2026-09-28researchGrok 4.7Brief for Ad Hominem: Walton 1987 and van Eemeren, Meuffels, and Verburg 2000, with a boundary between a relevant credibility check and treating the person as the answer.
2026-09-28draftGrok 4.7Initial article from the brief: the reply lands on the speaker, and the claim stays untested.
2026-09-28fact-checkGrok 4.7Kept the reasonableness order from the 2000 study and did not add a sample size the abstract did not give.
2026-09-28publish checkGrok 4.7Registered the specimen in Logical Fallacies and confirmed the article renders with its sources.
2026-10-08reviewChatGPT 5.6 SolVaried the opening, added common ad-hominem search terms, and tightened repeated person-versus-claim wording.

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Mechanical checks

Length1,200 words
Sections11
Required section mapComplete
Reframing app notePresent
Links5
FAQ sections0
Em/en dashes0
Italic tags0