Angel Allen Professor Needle November 25‚ 2012 Chapter 8 Exercise 2 For each of the following items‚ write one paragraph identifying the logical flaw. a. The election couldn’t have been fair- I don’t know anyone who voted for the winner. The fact that no one you know voted for the winner does not mean that the election as unfair. –Argument of ignorance a. It would be wrong to prosecute Allied for age discrimination; allied has always been a great corporate neighbor. The fact that allied
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Theatrical features of the birthday party The birthday party considered as one of the greatest Pinter’s work which reflect his own rules and features of his own drama. Perhaps Pinter is very different from other absurdist writers as the Irish Samuel Becket and Inesco.but in anyhow I can assume that the theatre of the absurd as called by Martin Essllin has witnessed some other themes and set of ideas that makes it relevant .This is partly as a results of Pinter’s style of writing ; he does
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A Formal fallacy is an error in logic that can be seen in the argument’s form without requiring an understanding of the argument’s content. All formal fallacies are specific types of non sequiturs. * Appeal to probability – takes something for granted because it would probably be the case‚ (or might possibly be the case). * Argument from fallacy – assumes that if an argument for some conclusion is fallacious‚ then the conclusion itself is false. * Base rate fallacy – making a probability
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The Birthday Party by Harold Pinter is a play composed of three acts‚ and is set in an old boarding house‚ run by Meg and Petey‚ who are a couple in their late sixties. There is only one boarder‚ Stanley‚ a scruffy‚ depressed-looking man in his late thirties who has apparently been a professional pianist. Three people arrive in the boarding house from the outside world: Lulu‚ a young woman who tries to get Stanley to go out with her with out success‚ Goldberg a powerful and threatening Jewish man
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take part in are "sound and convincing" but some arguments have logical fallacies or having mistakes in their reasoning. There are many types of logical fallacies that are common and frequently committed which sometimes are used to "psychologically" persuade the reader or viewer. Examples of these common logical fallacies are: the Look Who’s Talking fallacy‚ the Two Wrongs Make a Right fallacy‚ and the Appeal to Force fallacy. Although there are many more‚ the three aforementioned are the ones I feel
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Paradox A statement that appears to be self-contradictory or opposed to common sense‚ but upon closer inspection contains some degree of truth or validity. The first scene of Macbeth‚ for example‚ closes with the witches’ cryptic remark “Fair is foul‚ and foul is fair….” Parallelism Similarity of structure in a pair or series of related word‚ phrases‚ or clauses. The basic principle of grammar and rhetoric demands that equivalent things be set forth in coordinate grammatical structures: nouns
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Part A: Background of the persuasion Persuasion is crucial in personal relationship‚ professional life and in the society. In personal relationship‚ the emotional persuasion strategy is crucial in maintaining intimacy‚ a wide variety of occupations need persuasion skills in achieving career ladder. And in the society‚ persuasion skills are of practical uses to reach several goals. By examining the importance of persuasion through the speech of Donald Trump‚ political goals could be achieved by
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Guilt By Association The first fallacy is an example of Guilt by Association (no Latin name). Guilt by Association is when a stereotype is used as evidence to support an argument. The character who committed this fallacy in Twelve Angry Men was the Stockbroker. The Stockbroker said‚ “He is from a slum. Slums are breeding grounds for criminals.” The Stockbroker committed a fallacy when he brought up the fact that the accused man is from the slums because his argument was that this would give him
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The second half of chapter six delves into more fallacies that can hinder rational‚ logical thought and the open process of argumentation. This lesson helped me to understand the difference between the red herring and the straw man fallacy. I was able to understand how to recognize an ad hominem. As I read the text‚ it became apparent to me that I often fall victim to both the ad populum and the appeal to pity. The fallacy I found most interesting in this lesson was equivocation. In the last lesson
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Examples of Fallacies (1.) Appeal to Authority: An example of appealing to authority can be found in many television commercials. This fallacy is used on television by many companies trying to sell‚ or gain profit‚ by using athletes‚ or well-known figures to advertise their product for them. They do this in order to persuade consumers to buy their goods‚ due to their idols using them; even though‚ many of the famous people aren’t qualified to give expert opinions about the product. A commercial
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