Name _Jordan Peterson___________ Critical Thinking Week 2 Homework (50 pts) 1. (12 pts.) Label each definition with the appropriate name of the fallacy from the following list. (Note there will be two fallacy names that are not used.) Ad hominem/attacking the person | Ad ignorantiam/appeal to ignorance | Ad populum/appeal to the people | Ad misercordiam/appeal to pity | Begging the Question/Circular Reasoning | Equivocation | Red Herring | Straw Man | A. Sliding from one
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PETA explains that animal testing wastes lives‚ both human and animal. They also focus on the viewpoints of both sides of animal testing throughout the piece. While each viewpoint has some accuracy within the article a persuasive technique for the reader is not clear. Analysis Response: PETA‚ or people for the ethical treatment of animals‚ begins their argument with many facts from studies proving that they have credible information. Unfortunately‚ the information they present throughout the
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RIVERS: And so the precedent‚ if you will‚ is not the undemocratic decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Court but what we know from sort of common sense and what we know just in terms of comparative anthropology. That has been the traditional definition-- which is not to imply
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slanted in any way? (at least 3 +) 7. Are there any logical fallacies (pp. 394-397) in the argument? (you need to find at least 6+ fallacies). You need to identify which sentences in the story are fallacies and specify which fallacy (or fallacies) they violate. For example: “If we cut down on the number of legacy admissions‚ what would happen to the college budget? We might not even be able to keep things running!” Slippery Slope 8. Is there anything important being left out of the
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1. Which of the following standards of thinking relates to how one might verify the truth of a statement or claim? (Points :1) Clarity Relevance Depth Accuracy Breadth Question 2. 2. Although Marquis had been working on research for a year‚ he listened to the other people at his company as they presented different conclusions after his presentation and examined their ideas in the hope of finding out new information. Marquis displayed which
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bad. Avoiding Bad Arguments 1. Begging the question- is the fallacy of arguing in a circle that is trying to use a statement as both a premise in an argument and the conclusion of that argument. 2. Equivocation- assigns two different meanings to the same term in an argument. 3. Appeal to authority- the fallacy of relying on the opinion of someone thought to be an expert who is not. 4. Slippery slope- the fallacy of using dubious premises to argue that doing a particular action
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Jesse James Kalmus Persuasion/Civic Engagement Fall 2014 Fallacy Case Study The second I started looking I could easily find logical fallacies through media. From television series‚political debates and sources like Fox News and CNN you could easily spot the concepts we talked about in class and in our reading. The first clip is from a Seinfeld episode. My mother and I have seen about every episode. Elaine is getting her phone reconnected but the phone company is giving her a new number with
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CRT205Wk8 Moral Reasoning Quiz I (See related pages) [pic] |Results Reporter | | | |Out of 9 questions‚ you answered
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BA 3300 – BUSINESS CORNERSTONE NOTE: 6th edition. Assessing Sweatshirts from Sweatshop You will use the critical thinking skills you have been developing to identify violations of the Universal Intellectual Standards and Logical Fallacies in the essay‚ “Sweatshirts from Sweatshops” on pages 406-408 of your textbook. On pages 387-402 of your textbook‚ you will meet Tanya‚ Kevin‚ Elise and Dalton‚ Tanya encounters a series of discussions—the first with Kevin and the second with Elise and
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Begging the question – the fallacy of attempting to establish the conclusion of an argument by using that conclusion as a premise. Also called arguing in a circle * Eg. P‚ therefore p. * Repeat the conclusion as a premise by using different words * To beg the question is
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