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    entertainer. Jones‚ a California resident‚ filed a lawsuit in California state court against the National Enquirer and its president‚ who was a resident of Florida. The California lawsuit sought damages for alleged defamation‚ invasion of privacy‚ and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Calder v. Jones‚ 465 U.S. 783‚ 104 S.Ct. 1482‚ 79 L.Ed.2d 804‚ Web 1984 U.S. Lexis 4 (Supreme Court of the United States) 1. What kind of paper is the National Enquirer? The National Enquirer is a “supermarket

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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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    the court approve a filing for? According to the case‚ defamation was not found because “Defendants ’ conduct‚ although not actionable as defamation by reason of being an expression of opinion‚ may nonetheless be the subject of an action for intentional infliction of emotional distress under the unique factual circumstances in this case‚ where the aggrieved party is a private individual rather than a "public figure"‚ where the nature of the communications made by defendants involved a matter of

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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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    Some examples of fallacies in this speech came about immediately in the beginning. Candidate Kane said “With one purpose only‚ to point out and make public the dishonesty‚ the downright villainy of Jim W Getty’s political machine.” Using this kind of fallacy put negativity in the audience’s mind about Getty. When the announcer welcomes Kane onto the stage he uses bias by announcing Kane as the next Governor of the state even before he was elected or won. Kane uses a rhetorical device when he says

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    Tom Marsden and the Church of Devine Light for negligence‚ intentional infliction of emotional distress‚ and false imprisonment. Tom Marsden intentional misled Rob Jr. and brainwashed him into staying with the church. Mr. Marsden also threatened and assaulted Rob Jr. by telling him "If you leave‚ you will be thrown into the eternal fires of Hell‚ and you will not be allowed back." This alone is assault‚ false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress on a fifteen-year old child

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    anon AP English Logical Fallacies Example 1: Your family is crazy. Therefore you are crazy. This is an example of the logical fallacy‚ hasty generalizations. There is a interpretation of misleading information present within this statement. The arguer draws to a conclusion of insufficient evidence that suggests a person being crazy because his or her family is crazy. This is a false settlement of opinion and judgment. A person can’t inherit a duplicate personality because each person is

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    Logical Fallacies used in an oldspice commercial‚ the man in the commercial uses old spice body wash and is a manly man. Therefor men who use old spice are manly men. The message in the commercial was to have a young man impress a young women when using a scent like old spice. But in reality it was meant to persuade the audience to want to buy old spice products and feel as confident and feel as amazing as the man in the commercial. In the volkswagen commercial‚ they gave the volkswagen a jamaican

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    Logical Fallacies within The Crucible Passing the buck Fear of consequence often prompts individuals to push blame onto others. When Abigail realizes the others will always suspect that she bewitched Betty‚ she passes the blame onto Tituba‚ claiming‚ “She made me do it!... She makes me drink blood!” (43). Abigail is the first of individuals who pass the buck in Miller’s work. Miller shows how when people fear judgment‚ in order to avoid persecution‚ they transfer blame onto others. Hasty Generalization

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