C. S. Lewis

British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)

thumb|right|300px|The New Building at Magdalen College, Oxford|Magdalen College. The Inklings met in [[C. S. Lewis's rooms, above the arcade on the right side of the central block.]]

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.

apologetic argument

belief that the past is inherently inferior to the present