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    Hey Bud! Can I call you that? I’m trying to come up with nicknames for all my friends. Anyways I don’t feel right keeping secrets from you so I think that it’s your right to know that I Know what is going on. I’m sorry that that had to happen and I know it probably hurts but you can make it through this. I know you struggle to open up to others and I want to respect that so I’m not going to push. I just want you to know that you are amazing‚ and you don’t deserve to be treated the way he treated

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    Debate #2: Should Abortion Be Illegal? Abortion has been a long standing ethical hot topic that continues to be disputed today. The debate held at Cal State University San Marcos was proof of exactly that. Mr. Alan Shlemon‚ a proclaimed pro-lifer‚ made clear his stance or conclusion from the very start; abortion should be illegal! His conclusion was grounded on the definition of life regarding the unborn. He argues that it is scientifically proven that an unborn fetus is his/her own person‚ distinct

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    titled “Is Advertising in Trouble?” written by ET Bureau from The Economic Times article. Nonetheless‚ in this article‚ they would be an argument between the first article and the second article. The first article tends to be weaker due to some fallacies identified in the article. What then‚ are the benefits of advertisements? In the first place‚ advertisements has been said to provide us with information about job vacancies and also about properties or cars for sale. Through advertisements‚ employers

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    Richer Lazo Nickhael De Guzman Paul Andrew Magbitang Appeal to Unqualified Authority A common variation of the typical Appeal to Authority fallacy is an Appeal to an Unnamed Authority. This fallacy is also known as an Appeal to an Unqualified Authority. This fallacy is committed when a person asserts that a claim is true because an expert or authority makes the claim and the person does not actually identify the expert. Since the expert is not named or identified‚ there is no way to tell

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    alert you to a number of ways in which reasoning fails. When you have finished this course‚ you may quickly forget the many names and labels but remain alert to failures in reasoning. Common Forms of Pseudoreasoning/Fallacies 1. Smokescreen/Red Herring 2. The Subjectivist Fallacy 3. Appeal to Belief 4. Common Practice 5. Peer Pressure and Bandwagon 6. Wishful Thinking 7. Scare Tactics 8. Appeal to Pity 9. Apple Polishing 10. Horse Laugh/Ridicule/Sarcasm 11. Appeal to Anger or

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    sense they have conducted themselves rather "nonviolently" in pubic. But for what purpose? To preserve the evil system of segregation". The answer he gives to his question is correct‚ and this is even clearer in retrospect. By exposing the logical fallacies of the opposing argument‚ he weakens the clergymen’s argument while at the same time strengthening his own. In order to back up his point of view and turn himself into an authority for the audience‚ King uses ethos. Using repetition‚ he writes‚

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    MODULE 1 HOMEWORK 4 NEUTRALIZING A FALLACY In each of the following‚ identify and neutralize the fallacy using the 6-step process for neutralizing a fallacy taught in class. Exercise 1: Senator Biddle has argued that we should outlaw violent pornography. The senator obviously favours complete governmental censorship of books‚ magazines and films. I am shocked that such a view should be expressed on the floor of the Senate. It runs counter to everything that this nation stands for.

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    classroom. Also‚ she showed out teachers biases to whites against black. Although the author provided some valid arguments and facts throughout the whole article ‚ she had to clarify these arguments more as some are groundless in addition to committing fallacies and providing weak evidence. In the article‚ Kathryn Scantlebury addresses gender biases in schools in which she states some strong and rational ideas. She was correct and very convincing when she states that "There are some signs that gender bias

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    Fallacies are all around us. Daily‚ when we watch TV‚ listen to the radio‚ or even read newspaper‚ we see or hear fallacies. But what is fallacy? According to Wikipedia “A fallacy is an argument that uses poor reasoning. An argument can be fallacious whether or not its conclusion is true”. Fallacies are part of everyday and become a basic in certain aspects of life. According to the writing center of UNC‚ there are a lot of fallacies. Here is some of fallacies look likes: Hasty generalization

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    Fallacies are defects that have the power to weaken an argument. Fallacious arguments are much more common than we may think‚ and they tend be persuasive to the casual listener or reader. Politicians‚ celebrities‚ and advertisement commercials constantly make use of them. As an example of a fallacy‚ I’m going to use the Hollywood celebrity Alec Baldwin in the commercial for Hulu. Alec Baldwin is known for his success in the movie industry. His career began on television in an NBC soap opera called

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