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For this week's blog: let's work with fallacies. The most important ones to know are: Slippery slope, hasty generalization, non-sequitor, begging the question, bandwagon, ad hominem and faulty cause--These are all flaws in reasoning that you can commit or accuse your opponents of.
Slippery slope: One little action will lead to a huge landslide! ie: if you ever try pot you are sure to become a heroin addict!
hasty generalization: Taking one example and applying it to an entire group (stereotyping falls here) ie: everyone who wears baggy pants is in a gang.
Non sequitor (does not follow): Evidence is unrelated to the cause, ie: It is sure to rain today, I wore my lucky scarf!
begging the question: Claim is unsupported so claim is repeated, ie: "I can't get an F! I am an A student!!!"
bandwagon: everyone is doing it! (only evidence is compliance), ie: trends
ad hominem: attacking the person, not the argument, ie: "How will he run the country, he can't even manage his own love-life?!"
Faulty cause: Suggesting an unproven cause (mistaking a correlation for a cause), ie: If the suspect was in the house between 8 and 9pm, and the murder took place at 830pm, the suspect must have done it!
Blog Task: Idnetify and give an example of one of the fallacies above, using your own evidence. Humorous entries are welcome! Smiels--Sandra
21 comments:
Facebook
Slippery Slope -
If you ever get a Facebook account, your identity could be stolen and if you have a child, they are sure to become cyber-bullied or messaged by a potential predator.
-Ashley Robinson
Hasty Generalization
It is innapropriate for teachers and students to have any kind of relationship (ie friendship, relationship, etc.) outside of the classroom.
-Nic Romney
Ad Hominem:
My evidence is the best, and if you disagree with me, you are stupid.
If you are on Facebook, you will interest with sexual predators which means you will die
Adriana Quin
My post above was slippery slope
Adriana Quin
One Egyptian said about Obama that "It was good that he supports the revolution, But we don't really need him."
Saying that he can speak for all of Egypt and say that they do not need help is a Hasty generalization. Just because one person said it does not mean it is true.
-Reachel Ramsay
Hasty Generalization: Maijuana is a gateway drug.
Jamila Jolby
Hasty Generalization: The idea that everyone who wears baggy pants is in a gang is absolutely ridiculous; People wear baggy pants for a variety of reasons, they it wear because their friends do or for style purposes. Dimo Katbae
Non sequitor:
Surely, one can clearly observe the current decline of the U.S. government, because, last night, I ate oatmeal for dinner, and thought it was fabulous.
ad hominem:
How can the U.S. fix Somalia's government when they can't even fix their own.
-Raiza Agutos-
Slippery slope
First Hurricane Katrina, then the tsunami in Asia, and now a massive earthquake in Japan. It's only a matter of time the world destroys everything.
Alex soohoo
Slippery Slope:
Missing one homework assignment may seem fine, but it will lead to more and more missed assignments, being kicked out of college, and then a life of crime.
Trevor Huth
Slippery slope fallacy: If you wake up late on the weekdays and don't have time to shower, you'll come to school dirty, no one will like you, you'll never make any friends for the rest of your college career, and will ultimately end up sad and alone with no friends and many cats.
Melissa Leonard
Hasty Generalization -
Egypt would would fall prey to the radicalism of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's Islamist political movement.
King Xiong
Hasty Generalization -
Because the mission in Iraq has not worked, we should not even bother with trying to help Egypt.
Michael Drummond
slippery slope: become a user of facebook and you will become a victim of sexual predators.
Slippery Slope:
If you have a facebook account you will be cyber-bullied and eventually die from the pain this causes you.
-Melissa Barger
Slippery Slope: If you become a facebook user, you will be preyed upon by old men.
-Ashley Ginn
Non Sequitor:
If we cut aid to Egypt, the island nation of Narnia will blow up.
Kavi Lal
BANDWAGON:
When the SF Giants went on a run last year through the playoffs, bandwagon fans popped out of bushes and trees to support the sudden overly-hyped franchise, as they went on to win the World Series.
Michael Balalis
Bandwagon:
If we provide support to Egypt, everyone will provide support to Egypt.
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