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Reductio ad Hitlerum
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Reductio ad Hitlerum, also known as the Hitler fallacy or playing the Nazi card, is an attempt to invalidate someone else's argument on the basis that the same idea was promoted or practised by Adolf
Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945
Adolf Hitler, the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945
The phrase was coined by philosopher Leo Strauss.
The phrase was coined by philosopher Leo Strauss.
Leo Strauss
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Leo Strauss was a German-American political philosopher and historian of philosophy whose work greatly influenced twentieth-century political theory in the United States and the study of classical pol
Reductio ad Hitlerum
…straightforward arguments critiquing specifically fascist components of Nazism like Führerprinzip are not part of the association fallacy. Formulated by Leo Strauss in 1953, reductio ad Hitlerum takes its name from the term used in logic called reductio ad absurdum ("reduction to absurdity"). According to Strauss…
The University of Chicago, the school with which Strauss is most closely associated
The University of Chicago, the school with which Strauss is most closely associated
Strauss's study of philosophy and political discourses produced by the Islamic civilization—especially those of Al-Farabi (pictured) and Maimonides—wa
Strauss's study of philosophy and political discourses produced by the Islamic civilization—especially those of Al-Farabi (pictured) and Maimonides—was instrumental in the development of his theory of reading.