The Logical Fallacy that I selected is “Post hoc ergo propter hoc.” According to Owl Purdue Online Writing Lab, this fallacy is the conclusion that assumes that if ‘A’ occurred after ‘B’ then ‘B’ must have cause ‘A.’ Today I have a fear of drinking any juice that is red. When I was a little boy my mother use to make what I call “Red Kool-Aid,” which, is tropical punch Kool-Aid. One day my mother made an entire pitcher of Kool-Aid and told me not to drink any until dinner. Of course, I did not listen
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reliable or valid) methods that you used to accumulate the data (case) to be explained. Finally revise and edit, and be sure to apply the critical process to your argument to be certain you have not committed any errors in reasoning or integrated any fallacies for which you would criticize some other writer. Additionally, you will want to find out how your readers will object to your argument. Will they say that you have used imprecise concepts? Have you erred in collecting data? Your argument is only
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The speech I have chosen to write about is the “1992 Republican National Convention Address: A Whisper of AIDS” by May Fisher. Even though I did not notice any bias in the speech, I did recognize fallacies and rhetorical devices. The following fallacies noted are: Scapegoating: “Less than three months ago at platform hearings in Salt Lake City, I asked the Republican Party to lift the shroud of silence which has been draped over the issue of HIV and AIDS.” Scare tactics: “But despite
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"The Morality of Birth Control" by Margaret Sanger, (1921)Margaret Sanger uses several method's within her speech, "The Morality of Birth Control", to tell her strong views on the topic. She uses a strong sense of bias, fallacies, and colorful rhetoric devices in her speech to not only get the attention of the audiences, but to relay a sense of urgency for the actions that need to be taken. One bias that Sanger uses is toward the idea of motherhood without birth control being condition of ignorance
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mother of three. I don’t want to have any more children, but in their eyes I am being immoral. To me some of the fallacies or misconceptions with this issue that they are basically stating that religion and worship make a person moral. How can that be when there have been so many accusations and cases of catholic priests molesting young children? Where is the morality in that? This fallacy to me is an “appeal to tradition and faith”. Just because someone is religious does not mean what they are doing
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Abortion Abortion always has been a touchy subject for people to speak of. There are groups who believe in pro-choice and groups who believe in pro-life. Whichever side is chosen, people are entitled to their own opinions. There are arguments for both sides that support personal, religious, and cultural beliefs. My views on the subject is pro-choice. All women should be able to decide what happens to their bodies and no person or government should be allowed to force that decision upon us
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Associate Level Material Appendix D Assumptions and Fallacies Write a 150- to 200-word response to each of the following questions: • What are assumptions? How do you think assumptions might interfere with critical thinking? What might you do to avoid making assumptions in your thinking? According to the text and assumption is “to assume is to take something for granted, to expect that things will be a certain way because they have been that way in the past or because you want them
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Identify examples of bias, fallacies, and specific rhetorical devices in the speech. Bias: Political Bias In the beginning of the video, the campaigner states “the fighting liberal, the friend of the working man,” showing bias towards liberals. The speaker’s comment makes the audience think that only liberals are friends of the “working man.” Fallacies: Scapegoat The speaker says “Boss Jim W. Gettys' political machine -- now in complete control of the government of this State! I made no campaign
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to locate at least two (2) advertisements that exhibit any of the following fallacies: equivocation, false authority, ad hominem, appeal to ignorance, or bandwagon. Post the videos in the discussion. Next, identify the fallacy used in the selected advertisements, discuss the primary reasons why you believe that the advertisers have used the fallacy in question, and examine whether or not their use of this type of fallacy is effective. From part 1 of this discussion, consider alternate strategies
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State University College of Management and Information Technology Rueda St., Calbayog City Course: Bachelor of Science in Information Technology 3 Subject: Ethics (Humanities 5) Instructor: Mr. Gene Paul A. Pueblos Information Sheet 2 Fallacies - are basically arguments (statements) containing premise(s)- evidence and a claim - conclusion. However, these arguments
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