Poisoning the well (or attempting to poison the well) is a type of informal fallacy where irrelevant 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. Poisoning the well can be a special case of argumentum ad hominem, and the term was first used with this sense by John Henry Newman in his work Apologia Pro Vita Sua (1864).[1] The origin of the term lies in well poisoning, an ancient wartime practice of pouring poison into sources of fresh water before an invading army, to diminish the attacking army's strength.
Poison the Well was originally named 'An Acre Lost' and was started by original singer Aryeh Lehrer and original guitarist Ryan Primack. Shortly after their first release as 'An Acre Lost', a 12' split with Promise No Tomorrow on Ohev Records, the name of the band was changed to Poison the Well.
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Post-Hardcore- / Metalcore- / Emo band from Miami, Florida, United States. Founded in 1997. In 2010, after they released five full-length albums, they announced a hiatus to explore other interests. In May 2015, Poison the Well reformed for two reunion shows. In June / July 2016 they played five North American shows.
Poison in the Well Lyrics: She didn’t have to do too much / The moment I saw her face / It was all over for me / The moment I fell from grace / I don’t know how it happened / But it went from.
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Poisoning the well can take the form of an (explicit or implied) argument, and is considered by some philosophers an informal fallacy.[1]
A poisoned-well 'argument' has the following form:
1. Unfavorable information (be it true or false) about person A is presented by another. (e.g. 'Before you listen to my opponent, may I remind you that he has been in jail')
2. Therefore, the claims made by person A will be false.[2]
A subcategory of this form is the false dilemma; an unfavorable attribute to any future opponents, in an attempt to discourage debate. (For example, 'That's my stance on funding the public education system, and anyone who disagrees with me hates children.') Any person who steps forward to dispute the claim will then risk applying the tag to him or herself in the process.
A poisoned-well 'argument' can also be in this form:[citation needed]
1. Unfavorable definitions (be it true or false) which prevent disagreement (or enforce affirmative position)
2. Any claims without first agreeing with above definitions are automatically dismissed.
See also[edit]
Scorched earth (military doctrine involving literal well poisoning)
References[edit]
^ abPhilosophical society.com – Logical Fallacies
^'Poisoning the Well'. Logically Fallacious. Retrieved May 14, 2016.
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poisoning_the_well&oldid=914757136'
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