10 September 2013 Eco-Defense Is the defense of trees equivalent to the defense of our families? Edward Abbey would have you think this to be true. In his speech Eco-Defense, he begins by making the reader feel threatened and ignites a need to put up some kind of defense. For example, in the first sentence he poses the scenario “If a stranger batters your door down with an axe, threatens your family and yourself with deadly weapons, and proceeds to loot your home of whatever he wants” (344 Abbey)
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Master List of Logical Fallacies Fallacies are fake or deceptive arguments, arguments that prove nothing. Fallacies often seem superficially sound, and far too often have immense persuasive power, even after being clearly exposed as false. Fallacies are not always deliberate, but a good scholar’s purpose is always to identify and unmask fallacies in arguments. Ad Hominem Argument: Also, "personal attack," "poisoning the well." The fallacy of attempting to refute an argument
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Philosophy 1- Logic 1:30-2:30 MWF D412 Group 7 Lumbag, Sir Anthony N. Angeles, Marianne Julia G. Duenas, Ruzzel Joie S. Hombrebueno, Gloria Anne B. Sanoy, Rynelle M. Chapter VII Fallacies in Informal Logic A. Fallacies in Language 1. Equivocation Gloria is our block mate for this semester. The 14th president of the Philippines is Gloria. Therefore, our block mate for this semester is the 14th president of the Philippines. 2. Amphiboly The boy broke the glass door in
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Some of the many types of Logical Fallacies .American Intercontinental University PHIL 201- 1401B-02 Week 3 Individual Assignment Introduction: Logical Fallacy: A logical fallacy is an error in reasoning. In other words, it is a factual error or a failure to logically support the conclusion in an argument. An argument is a group of statements about a specific topic where a stand is taken applying premises needed to support their conclusion. A fallacy is a type of argument where the person
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Logical Fallacies Defined Jamie Osborne American InterContinental University Abstract Fallacies can be viewed as a mistake or error. There are many different fallacies with different meanings for each. The following paper will discuss 9 logical fallacies. The paper will also include definitions for each of the 9 fallacies as well as examples of being applied to real life scenarios. Logical Fallacies defined Everyone has gotten into an argument with someone once or twice in their
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James Jackson BCOM/275 Week 2 Assignment Logical Fallacies Analysis 1. Personal attack ad hominem. An ad hominem compares the qualities of the person making a claim to the qualities of the actual claim. It is when it is argued that a claim cannot be true because there is a certain lack of quality in the person providing the claim. With this fallacy, it is not the claim itself being analyzed, but the person making the claim. A “personal attack” ad hominem does exactly that – it attacks
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MPC Autumn 2016: Key logical fallacies to be aware of Logical fallacy | Example argument and critique of argument | Argument base on analogy: To argue by analogy is to argue that because two things are similar, what is true of one is also true of the other. | Fallacy: Democracy does not work in a family. Parents should have the ultimate say because they are wiser and their children do not know what is best for themselves. Similarly the best form of government for a society is not a democratic
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1. Mabel is not qualified to lead the school board because she used to drink liquor in her 20s. Hasty generalization would be the logical fallacy because this is based on the past and is very misleading on her qualifications on being in that position 2. A child can either be an athlete or a good student. This is very misleading to the audience to say that athletes are dumb or trouble students. I personally know high school athletes that are both. Either –or 3. Any change in health
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Mishailla Ravet Web-quest Directions: Complete the template by using internet resources. Find the definition of each as well as three examples to support each definition. All answers must be typed – print out a final copy for teacher and self E.C. = +5pts on Quiz and notes if completed by the end of the hour today 1. |wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn | | |
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disinformation. The best way to tackle these things is first to verify the credentials of the source and see if it seems reliable. Next, verify that the information seems pragmatically appropriate and apply Occam's Razor. After that scan for logical fallacies. The final point is the most subjective, which is align yourself with news outlets that you find to be more trustworthy and representative of quality data. At the end of the day even the most trusted news source could end up being verifiably
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