Bulverism
Bulverism is a rhetorical fallacy that combines circular reasoning, the genetic fallacy and ad hominem with presumption or condescension. The Bulverist presumes that a speaker's argument is false or invalid and then explains why the speaker made that argument (even if said argument is actually correct) by attacking the speaker or the speaker's motive.
Bulverism - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Type of logical fallacy Bulverism is a rhetorical fallacy that combines circular reasoning , the genetic fallacy and ad hominem with presumption or condescension. The Bulverist presumes that a speaker's argument is false or invalid and then explains why the speaker made that argument (even if said argument is actually correct) by attacking the speaker or the speaker's motive . [ 1 ] The term Bulverism was coined by C. S. Lewis (after "its imaginary inventor, Ezekiel Bulver") to poke fun at a serious error in thinking t
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