Marijuana as a Gateway Drug: The Causal Fallacy The marijuana plant‚ perhaps the most widely-used illicit drug in the world‚ was once demonized by authorities and the media. In the 1936 film Marijuana: Weed with Roots in Hell‚ director Dwain Esper portrayed teens smoking marijuana and then engaging in perceived evils such as nude bathing and unchaperoned partying‚ with one girl becoming pregnant. The film went on to further depict the characters becoming addicted to marijuana and committing serious
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to fruits while watching television. So‚ in her writing she had list five reasons why she thinks that junk food is addictive. After reading this article‚ I found that this article is not well written based on several reasons such as fallacies. One of the fallacies that can be detected in this article is that this article is merely an opinion of the author. This is because the position of the author is unknown. She gave her opinion about junk food based on her experiences. For example‚ in the first
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Red Herring fallacy is a fallacy‚ which someone presents a new issue‚ or argument that disturbs from the original topic. So they try to bring an unrelated subject to interfere the topic that originally was started in the beginning. For example: Daughter: Mom‚ Can I go to a party tonight? Mom: How can I be certain your not going to drink alcohol? Daughter: Ugh mom‚ how can you even consider that when I’ve been doing homework all day! This is an example of red herring because “doing homework all
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culture and violence SEVILLE STATEMENT ON VIOLENCE In 1986‚ in the Spanish city of Seville‚ the Seville Statement on Violence was elaborated by a group of international scholars belonging to different and relevant sciences. This statement was then adopted by UNESCO (1989) and endorsed by many other entities such as the American Psychological Association (1990). The Statement intends to rebate theories that have been used to justify war and violent behaviors on grounds of a
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Seasonal affective disorder The syndrome of winter depression‚ is called seasonal affective disorder (SAD)‚ is specifically related to the changes in the length of daylight from the seasons. It begins to lift as spring approaches with daylight hours becoming longer. SAD is rare in the tropics‚ but is measurably present at latitude of 30 degrees N (or S) and higher. People who live in the Arctic region are especially susceptible due to the effects of polar night. Prolonged periods of
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Lewy et al (2006) study review Background: This study was based by another study done by Avery et al. (2001). The study investigated the relationship of melatonin levels in conjunction with sleep patterns and Seasonal Affective Disorder. Seasonal Affective Disorder is a type of depression that occurs in the beginning and ending stages of winter‚ where the amount of daylight is shorter. This usually occurs in northern countries with colder climates‚ since the production of melatonin is triggered
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Petitio Principii: (circular reasoning‚ circular argument‚ begging the question) in general‚ the fallacy of assuming as a premiss a statement which has the same meaning as the conclusion. A. The least convincing kind of petitio principii is the repetition of the same words in the same order in both premiss and conclusion.. Generally‚ such an argument would not be misleading and would only be given in unusual circumstances‚ e.g.‚ the speaker is very tired‚ talking to a child‚ or talking to a
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cognitive affective syndrome SHINICHIRO MAESHIMA & AIKO OSAWA Department of Rehabilitation Medicine‚ Kawasaki Medical School‚ Kawasaki Hospital‚ Japan Brain Inj Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by University of Toronto on 01/24/12 For personal use only. (Received 1 August 2006; accepted 11 June 2007) Abstract Objective: It has become evident that the cerebellum plays a role in cognitive function‚ and Schmahmann et al. have introduced the term ‘‘Cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome
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Assumptions and Fallacies Critical and Creative Thinking University of Phoenix Appendix D: Assumptions and Fallacies • What are assumptions? How do you think assumptions might interfere with critical thinking? What might you do to avoid making assumptions in your thinking? Assumption is an idea one believes to be true based on prior experience or one’s belief systems. (Elder & Paul‚ 2002) Assumptions are a part of our belief system but we don’t know that they are true or not. Assumptions
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logic1. 3.3 Fallacies of Weak Induction: 3. Fallacies of weak induction a fallacy of weak induction occurs when an argument’s premises are not strong enough to support the conclusion. The premises are logically relevant‚ but that isn’t enough for them to be supportive enough. These fallacies also involve an emotional appeal to make their case. 4. Different types of weak induction fallacies Appeal to unqualified authority (Argumentum ad Verecundiam) this fallacy affects arguments from authority
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