This is actually belong to philosophy. Who can help me ? 3. The text box contain

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This is actually belong to philosophy. Who can help me ? 3. The text box contains an excerpt from a letter to the editor the actor Richard Harris wrote to the Sunday Times in 1995 regarding an interview given by the actor Michael Caine to the Times. | In the interview, Caine numbered himself among the premier English actors of his generation and implied that he had out-achieved his peers in several respects. Harris wrote: Any suggestion that he [Caine] has eclipsed the names of Finney, O Toole, Burton, Bates, Smith and Courtenay is tantamount to prophesying that Rin-Tin-Tin will be solemnized beyond the memory of Brando.... In truth, he [Caine] is an over-fat, flatulent 62-year old windbag, a master of inconsequence now masquerading as a guru, passing off his vast limitations as pious virtues. Is there a potential fallacy of relevance (e.g. strawman, red herring, ad porulam, ad hominem, pro homine, guilt by association, honour by association, ad ingorantiam) in the text box argument? If so, identify the pattern and explain whether it is fallacious or not fallacious. (Worth 2 marks)

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The fallacy of the passage in the text box is ad hominem. In rejecting and criticizing the claim of Caine, Harris is attacking the personal characteristics and physical appearance of Caine instead of giving sound argument against his claim which is not relevant. Hence, this passage is fallacious.

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