2015 Ad hominem attacks on Politics Over the years, ad hominem has been very prevalent among politicians. It is a logical fallacy that occurs when one attacks the person making an argument rather than the argument itself. The use of Ad Hominem is something that practically rules the political scene. Politicians thrive off of it when the population believes the fallacy. An ugly picture is painted of the opponent causing voters to doubt the quality of the opponent's arguments. I, personally
Words: 553 - Pages: 3
with one of her opponents. I focused on making her opponent look bad. My argument is full of logical fallacies; therefore it is not a good argument. One logical fallacy in my paper is “He talks about reducing taxes, but how can we listen when we know he cheated on his wife with three different women”. I distract the readers from his plan to lower taxes with his personal life. This logical fallacy is a red herring. Another example of red herring in my paper is “Karen Xue is a divorced woman, but
Words: 488 - Pages: 2
question, "What is a Fallacy?" Answer: A fallacy is an error in reasoning. This differs from a factual error, which is simply being wrong about the facts. To be more specific, a fallacy is an "argument" in which the premises given for the conclusion do not provide the needed degree of support. Fallacy is the mistake in information which misleads the reasoning Fallacies are of two types and they are inductive fallacy and deductive fallacy. Inductive fallacies are such kind of fallacies which is related
Words: 396 - Pages: 2
Career Plan Building Activity and Competencies and Career Interest Profilers Crystal A. Naquin University of Phoenix BCOM 275 November 6, 2013 Virginia Carter Looking over the completed career interests’ profiler and competencies assessments, it helped me gain a better understanding of my competencies and how I apply them to a business setting. With the career interests’ profiler, it very much already told me what I already knew but more of a deeper understanding. What I do appreciate after
Words: 340 - Pages: 2
this outside research to make the argument.Essay:Content: Includes a compelling introduction with a logical persuasive thesis statement and a conclusion that effectively wraps up the essay. Supports main points effectively and clearly (no logical fallacies, outside sources used to support arguments where appropriate) and skillfully refutes counter-arguments without ignoring data that contradicts the student’s thesis. Shows original thought. Refers to at least 5 secondary sources in the body of the
Words: 548 - Pages: 3
judgmental bias. This particular bias was chosen based on his statement concerning Jim Gettys, "There is only one man who can rid the politics of this State of the evil domination of Boss Jim Gettys." The campaigner's speech also coincides with several fallacies, such as scapegoating, scare tactics, and ad hominine. The movie continues to pick up with Governor hopeful Charles Kane. Governor hopeful Kane joins in with the political bias and scapegoating by making a statement that he will point out
Words: 503 - Pages: 3
Individual Article Rebuttal I recently read an article posted by an individual that qualifies as controversial. The topic is .22 lr ammo and price gauging. A little bit of background on the issue. The particular ammo in question is the smallest caliber ammo. Typical shooters use this ammo for simply target practice as it is usually too small to kill animals, or be used as self-defense rounds. It is the weakest ammo, and usually the very cheapest to buy. Two years ago, there were boxes upon boxes
Words: 654 - Pages: 3
the author’s methods? • His arguments: examples, historical justifications, deductive reasoning, statistics, and so on. – What are your methods (for this exam)? • The weakness in his arguments: Find contradictions, inconsistencies, logical fallacies, false assumptions, and so on. – Statistics are misleading Purpose, Method, and Persona • Persona: – What is the author’s persona? • Is he comical, serious, academic, angry? – What is your persona (for this exam) • Formal and doubtful
Words: 858 - Pages: 4
Date: April 13, 2014 In an inductive argument statement, the speaker or the writer collects the nnumber of instances and forms the generalization of that statement that is meant to apply to all instances. Here are some examples of inductive argument: Argument by example: 1) Ram plays basketball and he looks really healthy. Mohan plays basketball and he looks really healthy. Rohan play basketball and he looks really healthy. So, all the basketball players look really healthy.
Words: 508 - Pages: 3
Fallacy Exercises, part 3 I. Identify the fallacies committed by the following arguments, giving a brief explanation for your answer. If no fallacy is committed, write "no fallacy." NOTE: If an argument is followed by “IGNORE” it is an eample that we didn’t cover and you are not responsible for it. 1. Either we require forced sterilization of Third World peoples or world popula¬tion will explode and all of us will die. We certainly don't want to die, so we must require forced sterilization
Words: 3026 - Pages: 13
