Open the link to the list of political speeches by G.W. Bush and J. Kerry‚ read some of the speeches and identify fallacies used by the author. Explain what is wrong in the reasoning used by them. Maksym Piekut (24665) Browsing through some of John Kerry’s speeches I have managed to spot a few common reasoning fallacies. The following quote suggests an appeal to tradition fallacy: “This is not the way we do things in America. Here in America‚ we don’t sacrifice science for ideology. We are a
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In Thomas Sowell’s article‚ “The Fallacy of Fair”‚ he makes it clear that he believes many of the people who utilize the term fair in politics do not truly understand it’s meaning. He urges the idea that society is often blamed for the results of the handicaps that life bestows upon groups or people‚ leading society to attempt to level out the playing field for those on the bottom end of the totem pole. This concept in itself portrays the real injustice considering it skews the reality of a group’s
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Convention on the Rights of the Child‚ essentially provides the same two psychological loopholes‚ by allowing "best interests" and "child desires" considerations to be utilized in international child abduction litigation. There is an inherent "psycho-logical fallacy" in The Hague Abduction Convention. Virtually everything we know‚ psychologically and empirically‚
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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 crime control model reflects conservative values‚ while the due process model reflects liberal values. Crime control consists of the processing of defendant‚ the sentencing and punishment. Managing those who are incarcerated. This model emphasizes efficiency and is based on the view that the most important function of the criminal process is repression of criminal conduct. The due process model stresses the possibility of error in the stages leading to trail. It emphasizes the need to protect
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Base Rate Fallacy Base rate fallacy is when probabilistic inference is made based only on data relating specifically to the situation but ignores additional background or general data relating to the instance of the situation that sometimes leads to wrong conclusions. Base rate fallacy is a “paradigmatic Bayesian inference problem” (Bar-Hillel‚ 1979). If we consider a situation where a hit and run occurred at night in a city where there are 2 cab companies and a cab was suspected to have been involved
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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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Examine the ways in which Hardy uses the natural world to convey his feelings about love. Throughout Neutral Tones‚ Hardy effectively communicates his feelings about love using the natural world and its (neutral) colours and characteristics. His use of rich imagery of the natural world produces a melancholic note about love‚ which resounds through the whole poem portraying the end of an affair between Hardy and his former lover. The backdrop of the poem is set in the first stanza as a ‘winter
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THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LOGICAL DESIGN AND PHYSICAL DESIGN OF A NETWORK When comparing the logical and physical design of a network I visualize a carefully thought out plan created from start to finish by the individuals that would ultimately be using and maintaining it. Like many areas in Information Technology‚ Network Design cannot be taken likely. All of the necessary steps like those of the SDLC process must be done step-by-step in order to minimize unnecessary costs‚ downtime and loss of
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Truths: A Logical Basis for Philosophy The Buddha Shakyamuni was born in the 6th century BCE in the area presently known as Nepal. During his 80 year lifetime‚ he systematically developed a pragmatic‚ empirically based philosophy which he claimed would lead its followers towards an enlightened existence. Buddhism is commonly called a religion; however‚ it differs from the usual definition of a religion in that it has no deities‚ does not promote worship of demigods‚ and is based on logical reasoning
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