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    “Immigration and Fallacies – Do They Belong Together?” Critical/Analytical Paper Critical Thinking (HU 101) Introduction We didn’t talk about this topic in class‚ nor did I read an article which made me think of writing about this. But I heard the following conversation (simplified) about illegal immigration in the U.S. on campus: Anti: "I believe that illegal immigration is not good for our country." Pro: "Of course you would say that‚ you ’re a racist." Anti:

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    Ronald Reagan is one of the best presidents the United States has had so far. He never gave up on the disaster America was becoming. He always strived to make the country safer‚ more peaceful‚ and stronger. Despite the confusion with his involvement in scandalous foreign affairs‚ he stood for what he promised. He had a sense of sanity and peacefulness in his poise and voice that could calm the worst of a storm. He truly knew how to comfort and provide for the people of America and never stopped

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    The author goes in detail about how well hidden doublespeak is. An example given was President Ronald Reagan speech in 1981. Reagan speech about Social Security lead the public eye into believing that he supported Social Security‚ but proven by an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer‚ David Gergen‚ White House Director of Communication‚ claims that the president’s speech was fixed and that Reagan did not really meant what he said. The author then goes on stating that when trying to identify if a statement

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    Week 3 Fallacies Quiz

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    Instructions | This quiz consist of 20 multiple choice questions and covers the material in Chapter 11. Be sure you are in Chapter 11 when you take the quiz. | * Question 1 5 out of 5 points | | | Officer‚ please excuse my going over the speed limit‚ but my mother is ill and I’m being audited by the IRS‚ and I don’t know how I can meet all my bills.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: |   Appeal to pity | Correct Answer: |   Appeal to pity | | | | * Question 2 5 out of

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    the problem"-Ronald Reagan As president‚ it became imperative that Ronald Reagan provide solutions to problems that Americans faced by enacting laws and withholding previously enacted laws made during former presidencies. “Did he become the president that created problems for America?” emerges as the question when one examines his opinion on the government. To be more specific‚ when one observes his opinions and decisions on Labor Unions and Civil Rights issues‚ Ronald Reagan presented himself as

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    wall falls as a result of the Cold War. All of these events‚ and more‚ make the 1980’s an iconic era that will live forever. President Ronald Reagan was in office at this time and accomplished a lot during his time. He ended the Cold War by pushing for the Berlin war to come down and the border between east and west Berlin. He was also responsible for cutting taxes and making the economy boom once again. Reagan was said to have obtained peace and strength throughout his entire presidency. He was

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    for all of the problems that the United States have been having as of late and says that Americans now look down on the liberals. Ronald Reagan’s presidency is just another strength of this new conservative rule that he is advocating. President Reagan is a conservative Christian and won over the support of others like him. One of his main goals as

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    Donald Trump is known for the use of fallacies on the internet. For this reason‚ the first fallacy I looked up was on Donald Trump’s Twitter account. Trump tweeted‚ “The Democrats had to come up with a story as to why they lost the election‚ and so badly (306)‚ so they made up a story - RUSSIA. Fake news!” (@realdonaldtrump). It almost seems that Trump is the one spewing fake news‚ not the democrats. In fact‚ Trump has made over 100 false claims since he was sworn in‚ however this is not the point

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    three logical fallacies that are used in this paper are Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc‚ Far-Fetched Hypothesis‚ and False Dilemma. What is a fallacy? A fallacy is viewed as an error in reasoning. To be more exact‚ a fallacy is an "argument" in which the premises given for the conclusion do not provide the needed degree of support. A logical fallacy is an error in logical argument which is independent of the truth of the premises. When there is a fallacy in an argument it is said to be invalid. The presence

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    C. FOUR LAWS GOVERNING LOGICAL OPPOSITIONS 1. Law of Contradiction 3. Law of Sub-Alternation 2. Law of Contrariety 4. Law of Sub-Contrariety 1. Law of Contradiction → Two contradictory propositions cannot be both true and both false at the same time. * If A is true‚ O is false * If A is false‚ O is true * If O is true‚ A is false * If O is false‚ A is true * If E is true‚ I is false * If E is false‚ I is true * If I is true‚ E is false

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