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Within Vinony's link graph, tu quoque is referenced by 193 other articles, and connects out to red herring, irrelevant conclusion and anecdotal evidence.
It sits within the topics Latin logical phrases, Latin philosophical phrases and Latin words and phrases.
Its subject is documented across 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- ad hominem
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- different from
- straw man argument
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Encyclopedic overview
Tu quoque, literally "you, too", is a rhetorical technique that intends to discredit the opponent's argument by attacking the opponent's own personal behaviour and actions as being inconsistent with their argument, so that the opponent appears hypocritical. This specious reasoning is a special type of ad hominem attack. The Oxford English Dictionary cites John Cooke's 1614 stage play The Cittie Gallant as the earliest known use of the term in the English language.
Form and explanation
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “tu quoque” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.