Week Two Discussion Questions 1.Chapter 5 and 6 of critical thinking cover fallacies and rhetoric. What are two examples of persuasion that are not valid arguments according to the text? Why are these invalid arguments? Argument from Popularity is an example of an invalid argument. To to justify or defend an action or practice on the grounds that it is common or doing things because that's the way they've always been done are two types of arguments from popularity as stated in chapter
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opinions, fallacies and stereotypes of all kinds. To understand and know the truth about this virus, is to acknowledge facts and become educated. The speech "A Whisper of AIDS" by Mary Fisher addressed arguments and presented the growing concern of ignoring the severity of the disease. The speech by Mary Fisher addressed bias opinions and fallacies. As stated by Mary Fisher, "Because I was not gay, I was not at risk. Because I did not inject drugs, I was not at risk." (American Rhetoric, 2001). These
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Associate Level Material Assumptions and Fallacies Write a 150- to 200-word response to each of the following sets of 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? • What are fallacies? How are fallacies used in written, oral, and visual arguments? What might you do to avoid fallacies in your thinking? Cite and reference any sourced material consistent with Associate
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pragmatism” (pp1-30) and West and Turner’s (2010, pp.312-327) discussion of “Rhetoric”. This essay is a review of Stephen Mailloux’s discussion of Sophistry and Rhetorical pragmatism (Mailloux, 1995) and West and Turner’s discussion of Rhetoric (West & Turner, 2010). The writings in question discuss the origins and evolution of Rhetoric, with Mailloux introduce a historical and philosophical criticism of “sophistic Rhetoric as applied in the modern American context” (for example, neopragmatism and
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explained history by drunk people and one as a news informative special taking a sarcastic comedic tone. In all three video clips presented we saw at least one form of rhetoric in each. Logos, Pathos, and Ethos. All are strategies used to persuade an audience by a specific method. Logos a logic way of persuasion that can also be a logical fallacies meaning “reasoning that can be used incorrectly” (659). Pathos the emotional persuasion, and Ethos “the persuasion through the audience’s perception of the speaker”
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Critique: “The American Dream: Dead, Alive, or on Hold?” Although the idea of the “American Dream” may be outdated to some,Brandon King’s The American Dream: Dead, Alive, or on Hold effectively represents and explains the truth behind the american dream, and why people feel that way. Many liberals believe that the dream is dead because the income gap known as “income inequality” but despite the fact that liberals have that belief, income inequality actually helps people acquire the “American
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regarding illegal aliens getting paid illegally, thus not paying taxes. The article claimed that workplaces are hiring illegal aliens and paying them off the books (Louise, 2011). First of all it’s illegal to hire undocumented workers; second the fallacies of being illegal are recognized because workers must have documentation to work in the United States. The author presented a controversial argument. The reliability of the information is found to be a matter opinion by the author. After research
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that tobacco industries do not care that their product can kill teenagers, Naylor replied that it is in the company’s interest to keep the boy alive, because he is a customer and the company loses business if the boy dies. Naylor uses logical fallacies and also he makes a logical conclusion that if cigarettes were required to have skull and crossbones labels on them, all product that were harmful should be labeled. He mentioned this when he asks about label on airplanes, Vermont cheddar cheese
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aliens in the workplace along with illegal aliens not paying taxes. The rebuttal will consist on ideas on how the topic is not accurate in its findings. The author of the article will be analyzing to find reliability, credibility, and validity. Fallacies in the article will be discussed as well. The article talks about how illegal aliens are unskilled workers who get paid off the books for laborer. Thus creating a larger community of people receiving benefits from the state
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“ViewPoint: Air-Conditioning Will Be the End of Us,” Klinenberg argues that using Air-Conditioning constantly will be doing more harm than good to the environment. Klinenberg provides an ineffective argument in conveying his purpose logically by using fallacies. Throughout the article, Klinenberg lacks support in the ethos portion of his claim, and throughout the entire article Klinenberg fails to address and support his most compelling argument that using the AC at the rate that we do is harming the environment
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