is written by Roger Pol. In this paper I will attempt to disprove Pol’s (2011) article, “China Is Not the Biggest Threat to American Manufacturing”, by scrutinizing the reliability, credibility, and validity of the author and underlining logical fallacies. Providing facts from credible sources to validate that outsourcing by large corporations are causing damage to the American economy, not laws designed to protect employees and the environment. Facts and Credibility The opposing viewpoint article
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a big possibility too because marijuana has tar and that affects your lungs in a negative way. Again, I believe marijuana should be classified as a Schedule I drug because it meets all the criteria to be considered a Schedule I drug. One of the fallacies I will be using is “false dilemma”. False dilemma occurs when you give the opposition only two choices of what they can do, when in fact, there other alternatives available. If marijuana isn’t considered a Schedule I drug, I believe many more people
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LOGICAL FALLACY | DEFINITION | EXAMPLE | Ad Hominem | Attacking the character of the arguer rather than the argument | “Mary has no credibility on the smoking ban issue, because she was once a smoker herself” | Bandwagon (Ad Populum) | Suggesting that a person should agree to something because it is popular | “Over one thousand people have decided to sign up, so you should too” | Begging the Question | Using circular reasoning to prove a conclusion | “Conservatives believe in hard work and
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that awareness is very important. In patronizing products, one should first be knowledgeable on how these products came into existence. Finally, if I were given the chance to make changes in the film, it would probably be the used of logical fallacies: appeal to emotion, begging the question and false dilemma. Reference Clarke, S. (Producer & Director). (2012). Blood diamonds: The true story [Video]. Available from
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biases that currently muddle today’s world and fog people from making sound judgements and rational decisions. Delivered in 99 bite-sized chapters, Rolf Dobelli utilizes a skillful blend of scenarios and explanations that not only illuminate each fallacy, but provoke thought in the reader. Rolf Dobelli supplies a good introduction that will certainly enlighten newcomers to the
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Review on Kerima Polotan’s “The Virgin” The title of Kerima Polotan's "The Virgin" gives us the subject-virginity, female virginity, a cherished value of Filipino Male culture. By presenting its protagonist as "victim" rather than heroine of this value system, the text subverts it. Reflecting on her virginal state, Miss Mijares does so "with a mixture of shame and bitterness and guilt". The story's eroticism is heightened by the lyrical, almost cadenced language. (The eroticism is quite explicit
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Categorical Syllogism I. Definition II. Three categorical propositions III. General Rules 1) Number of terms in the syllogism. 2) How to determine the three terms in the syllogism. 3) Distribution of the major and minor terms in the syllogism. 4) Distribution of the major and minor terms in the syllogism. 5) The quality of the premises. 6) The quality of the premises. 7) The quality of the premises. 8) The quantity of the premises. 9) The quantity
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has experienced, and has been through the fallacy of appeal to tradition still exists. Appeal to tradition is the fallacy that a standpoint, situation or action is right, proper, and correct simply because it has “always” been that way, because people have “always” thought that way, or because it continues to serve one particular group very well. It is the notion that if an idea has been around for a while than it should be followed and is true. This fallacy is one of the major reasons that have been
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the black Monday and Tuesday, when the U.S stock crashed causing a 22% decline of the market. For Taleb, Extremistan can be best described using the power laws and fractal geometry. He also challenged our notion of success with the narrative fallacy theory. Many CEOs have been perceived as either genius or people with rare intellectual capabilities. However, Tabled showed in the Black Swan that those successes can be mainly attributed to pure luck. The author used his experience as a trader to
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greater tendency to continue an endeavour once an investment in money, effort, or time has been made” and this behaviour is based off of the “desire not to appear wasteful”. Both Hall and Fischer made decisions while falling victim to the sunk cost fallacy. Even though there was a defined time in which the team must turn around and start their descent, both leaders chose to ignore their own rules and continue their ascent well beyond their previously determined turnaround time. Hall was aware of the
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