(December 11, 2012 at 5:05 pm)Rhythm Wrote: The appeal to hypocrisy is when B -in our example- answers A's claim with "you too". So yes, in both examples the fallacy "has been committed". It doesn't matter whether or not B holds a position that he feels is "unprovable". It's all bout how B responds to A.Since A, in the second case, based his position on his own behavior, it was completely legitimate for B to use A's behavior in his response.
A opened the door for that line of debate.