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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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    Bella Thiel Professor Darren World Literature II 5/24/2012 Do you think Candide gained Insight? I believe that while Candide lived in the castle‚ he was very innocent and naïve‚ and did not know much about the reality of life. Obviously‚ he was taught by Pangloss who is a fool acting like the world they live in is the best world and the castle as well. He did not prepare Candide well‚ so when Candide gets kicked out of the Castle‚ he takes a big hit. He grew up in the castle so of course he

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    fact‚ the fallacy‚ questions claims made with certainty about what would have happened if a past event or condition would have been different from what is actually was. Fallacies are errors in logical reasoning‚ or when an arguments language is wrong or vague. However‚ many of these errors aren’t determined in the argument until they are analyzed because they appear to “look good”. There are numerous types of fallacies: informal fallacies‚ formal fallaciesfallacies of ambiguity‚ fallacies of presumption

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    movement‚ a Franciscan friar works as a jewel thief. and a Jew who is no different than other buys a woman for a sex slave. In Chapter Three‚ the orator (usually Catholic at that time) had been addressing a crowd about the virtues of charity‚ then tells Candide that he deserves to

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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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    Fallacies and Their Meanings Critical thinking and decision making are learned traits. When one makes decisions‚ whether a small decision‚ such as choosing which clothes to wear or whether a more significant decision‚ such as solving an issue at work or settling a dispute‚ it is important to learn that tools are available to help the "mind" make decisions. One such tool that is useful‚ is learning how to identify and work with fallacies. In order to understand how to use fallacies‚ it is important

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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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    red herring fallacy to illustrate how people often throw arguments off course by raising an irrelevant issue. During an argument between Putman and Proctor‚ Miller writes‚ “I [Putman] never heard you so worried about society‚ Mr. Proctor. I do not think I saw you at Sabbath meeting since snow flew” (Miller I. 28). Miller shows how Putman effectively derails the conversation‚ preventing the other people from continuing to talk about witchcraft. Miller’s use of the red herring fallacy helps to develop

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