Chapter 8 Fallacies Fallacies are mistakes in reasoning. In this chapter we will be concerned specifically with informal fallacies. In chapter five we already dealt with certain species of formal fallacy‚ such as denying the antecedent and affirming the consequent. A formal fallacy is an argument that contains a mistake in reasoning because of its structure. In contrast‚ an informal fallacy involves a mistake in reasoning that goes beyond the structure of the argument and that needs inspection
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John Smith Logical Fallacies “I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a Christian‚ but you don’t need to be in the pew every Sunday to know there’s something wrong in this country when gays can serve openly in the military but our kids can’t openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school. As president‚ I’ll end Obama’s war on religion. And I’ll fight against liberal attacks on our religious heritage.” -Rick Perry; Texas Governor Tenety‚ Elizabeth. "Rick Perry Ad: ‘I’ll End Obama’s War on Religion’
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Study Guide #2 Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. Perception is a process by which a. environmental stimuli are sensed. b. sensations are assembled into meaningful patterns that represent external events. c. sensations and experiences are stored permanently in the brain. d. many different forms of stimulus energy are converted into electrical signals for use by the nervous system. ____ 2. Figure and ground can
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James E. Porter’s article is reflected in Michael Kleine’s article “What Is It We Do When We Write Articles like This One-and How Can We Get Students to Join Us?’ for both authors stress the argument that no idea is original. Porter and Kleine come to the conclusion that texts are derived from previous texts‚ which is where the importance of plagiarism comes into play. Porter’s article can be related to Deborah Brandt “Sponsors of Literacy” in the relation of the influence outside sources can possess
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Introduction The purpose of this paper is to find a decision-making model by using various resources. I will focus on identifying the steps in the decision-making model‚ how the model applied to a recent workplace decision and examines how critical thinking affected the decision. Critical Thinking Thinking is the central process of how we transfer our thoughts. Our thought process is transferred either on paper or spoken verbally‚ these methods assist with transferring one ’s thoughts clearly
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Hometown is the city or town where one grows up‚ or the place of one’s principal residence.It is a place where one passes the lion’s share of his lifetime in the midst of peace‚ tranquility and joy. It is not required to be the birthplace‚ although the two can be the same place. The name of my hometown is Barisal. It is an old port on the Kirtankhola on the northern shore of the Bay of Bengal in southern Bangladesh. It is 373 km far from capital city Dhaka. The name “Barisal” derives from
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List and describe your level of interest and participation in hobbies‚ activities‚ and groups not associated with school. List any awards or honors you received in the past two years Some people choose their hobbies based on fashion of their society or groups which they are associated with‚ or because hobbies are beneficial to them. For me I choose my hobbies and activities depending on my interest and passion to this case My most favourite hobby is to listen to the music. In the majority I can
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1. A pronoun is a substitute for a noun. a. Many pronouns have antecedents – nouns or pronouns to which they refer b. A pronoun and its antecedent agree – both singular or both plural Maggie ate her apple The students went to their classes Wrong: The students went to his classes 2. Indefinite pronouns refer to nonspecific subjects. Ex: anyone‚ everybody a. They may seem to have plural meanings‚ but you have to treat them as singulars in formal English Everyone performs at his or her own
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Types of Fallacies: * “Argument” from pity: when feeling sorry for someone drives us to a position on an unrelated matter * We have a job that needs doing; Helen can barely support her starving children and needs work desperately. But does Helen have the skills we need? We may not care if she does; and if we don’t‚ nobody can fault us for hiring her out of compassion. But feeling sorry for Helen may lead us to misjudge her skills or overestimate her abilities‚ and that is a mistake in
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The theory of the “Broken window fallacy” says that destruction and the costs incurred along with it do not reap any kind of benefits to the economy. If any kind of destruction occurs‚ there are many parties that are going to be affected‚ if it’s a natural disaster it would affect the business of the economy and the economy is hit badly. If everything was working on normal pace‚ the business could have flourished and would have new avenues‚ but on the event of the destruction all those extra opportunities
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