@shadling21 yes, everything got messy…really messy thanks to the postmodernists! gotta love ‘em though! haha
i don’t think it is on topic because the “question” after reading the details just seemed like a dead end statement
BUT! here is just a quick thought
knowledge does not just “happen” or appear out of nowhere. it must be validated through a process. it is humans that go through that process, therefore knowledge is “apart” of us.
feminists and postmodernists and some other theorists like non-white, non-male, non-straight, etc might argue that the process of validating knowledge cannot be taken out of its cultural, historical, and social contexts—
Then Knowledge is not separate from our existence. We are knowledge. Therefore, the ad hominem attack becomes necessary, or at least intertwined with the ‘regular’ attack on the argument. The two are inseparable… just a thought.