means they must have been smart – which means you’re smart” 5. All three statements listed above are incredibly loaded and slanted. There’s no way Hope can know what these incoming students are capable of‚ even if they are legacies. 7. Logical fallacies: “If your parents
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PHI 210 (Critical Thinking) Week 9 Quiz 3 Question 1 If students play video games‚ their school work will suffer‚ and they will not have the ability to succeed in life‚ ending up in lower paying jobs and needing government programs‚ which will increase our taxes. So video games will increase our taxes. CORRECT ANSWER – Slippery Slope Question 2 Professor Andrews‚ surely I deserve a B in logic. I know that I have gotten F’s on all the tests‚ but if you give me an F for my final
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Gabreille Montez Mr. Shelley ENGL 102 28 September 2013 Technology taking over job opportunity In “Is Your Job an Endangered Species?” Andy Kessler effectively organizes his work by using different grouping skills. He introduces his idea by grabbing the attention of his audience; however‚ his informal tone isolates his audience. Kessler writes to persuade the reader on his belief that the advancement in technology is negatively impacting the job industry by replacing thousands
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Part 2 – Moral Reasoning‚ Review Questions Review Questions 1. What is the difference between persuasion and argument? There are several differences between persuasion and argument. Persuasion is based on an individual’s opinion while an argument is based on presenting facts to support their position. Persuasion weighs heavily on emotions versus argument is very logic driven. 2. What is a deductive argument? An inductive argument? A deductive argument is intended to be a guarantee
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Logos‚ Ethos‚ and Pathos Whenever you read an argument‚ you must ask yourself‚ “Is this persuasive? And if so‚ to whom?” There are several ways to appeal to an audience. Among them are appealing to logos‚ ethos‚ and pathos. These appeals are prevalent in almost all argument. Definitions Logos: The Greek word “logos” is the basis for the English word “logic.” Logos is a broader idea than formal logic—the highly symbolic and mathematical logic that you might study in a philosophy course
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Argumentum ad logicam: arguing that because an argument contains a logical fallacy the argument in its entirety must therefore be discarded. Example: The opposing argument contains an appeal to emotion (pathos)‚ the author criticises the opponent’s use of pathos as though it constitutes the bulk of the argument‚ positioning the reader to feel indignant about being manipulated by the opposition‚ and to feel that they can disregard the opponent’s argument in its entirety since it is evidently based
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reason being how students approach such a topic. Although‚ Prose didn’t just use straw man for To Kill a Mocking Bird‚ but also quoted Maya Angelou often in I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read. I can evaluate that Prose did use the straw man fallacy often in her argument. I feel that her over exaggerations on those particular topics don’t have to be approach
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Ciara Ramirez COMM1000 11/11/13 Argument Analysis Have you ever looked at your pet dog‚ cat‚ hamster‚ or monkey and pondered the thought of it being used as a lab animal? According to AWA reports approximately 1‚136‚567 animals are used per year for lab testing. And this “testing” is not pretty. Animal cruelty is one of the most controversial subjects when it comes to differentiating views. Nevertheless‚ when illogical points are made‚ such as those in the argument discussed a counter argument
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person-argument directed at the person rather the argument Ex.) Congress should raise the minimum wage so that workers aren’t exploited. Reply-Nonsense‚ you only say that because you can’t find a good job. - Generalization - An informal fallacy; reaching an inductive generalization based on insufficient evidence and making a hasty conclusion. Ex.) I once knew a guy who killed his dog because he thought he could gain special powers this way. The same guy also watched a lot of fantasy cartoons
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uses drama to portray the real events of witchcraft. He attempts to show how easily very religios people can be fooled by one another. Logical fallacies are a rhetorical device in which he uses in order to have the effect of showing how believable the characters can be. A fallacy that is used throughout the Crucible would be Either or Choice. A fallacy where one is made to think they have just one choice. An example of Either or Choice would be in Act 1 where Reverend Parris tells Tituba “You will
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