The slippery slope fallacy has the form : x could possibly be abused , therefore, we should not allow x.…
The first fallacy is an example of a Slippery Slope (Ad Nauseam or Ad Absurdum).…
I agree that a person will choose A more than B, because A will pay out more. When a person makes choices, we factor in several variables. Referring back to the “Ghetto Choice” section in the book, the drug dealer was arrested for selling drugs. He had a choice to sell drugs and make 5000 dollars a night or work flipping burger for 300 dollars a night? When faced with this decision, people will like to choose sell the drugs with there were no consequences involved. Because there are so many variables, a person is more likely to choose flipping burgers. “Making choices may involve a great deal of thought (Chance 2014,…
Among the twelve common logical fallacies you learned from the Purdue website, which ones exert the most influence on your behavior as a consumer?…
Either or choices= making an audience choose between one choice or the other. “Either you’’’ do this or I’ll leave you.…
Many political campaign ads are full of logical fallacies and metaphors which contribute to a candidate’s downfall or success. In fact, they are known for it. It is often rather easy to manipulate people to vote a certain way by using deceptive persuasion or making metaphorical comparisons. When trying to persuade someone else to adopt a position, these rhetorical tools contribute to the overall purpose of each campaign. The video campaign, “Obamacare: More Than a Glitch,” is a perfect example of this.…
I do agree that this is a false cause, using a professional swimmer to show that their subs are the best is a very good example. Also using by using his mother this makes emotional fallacy. This is a great example as after this it leaves people thinking that to be a good parent or if I want my child to succeed then I must feed them Subway. This is far from the truth. Furthermore, with the popularity fallacy they say that all it has people believe that all athletes are doing it so why shouldn’t I eat Subway? In the movie Mean Girls they do use the poisoning the well fallacy, but this is not an advertisement. With the Pedigree dog food commercial it does use appeal to pity by using the dogs that look so sad. However, they do help these dogs,…
A logical fallacy is a faulty reasoning used to persuade. It is always done on purpose and targets people’s ignorance and stupidity.…
Miller uses the fallacy of the false alternative to show how people force two choices…
Fallacy is a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning. Even though we pay careful attention to our arguments and supports; we tend sometimes to commit mistakes. However, through critical thinking we could diminish faulty arguments. There are numerous significant topics to critical thinking. One aspect of these particular topics is the ‘fallacy’. In order to be a critical thinker, one should be able to recognize and avoid logical fallacies whenever possible. Discussed throughout this essay are three fallacious statements from the TV Patrol. The fallacies to be cited and explained are Ad Hominem, Red Herring and Hasty Generalization.…
When one argues against an idea or action, one form often used is called the slippery slope argument. In a slippery slope argument, one takes a consequentialist view on the action in question, then extrapolates the further outcome sometimes based on evidence, sometimes not. For example, I might argue that my teacher should not eat chocolate ice cream, because of two reasons: Eating chocolate ice cream stimulates pleasure centers in the brain, and eating chocolate ice cream causes weight gain. Stimulating pleasure centers in the brain can easily become an addiction. The conclusion I reach is that if my teacher became addicted to chocolate ice cream it would only be a matter of time before he could not teach me, since he would be trapped in his bedroom, grossly overweight, watching Oprah and eating pint after pint of Ben & Jerry’s.…
Availability Heuristic: Gives our brains the quick shortcut to the answer we need. We make decision based on what is readily available in our minds rather than examining all the alternatives.…
Will a bad choice, lead you to your own murder? In the story “The Lottery”, we witness the murder of a woman as a form of sacrifice; the villagers must attend that event to follow their tradition, which doesn't give them a choice to think for themselves. In the films: The Second Renaissance I&II, we witness the murder of humans and violence between both the robots and humans, robots wanted peace, but the human choose not to, leading them to their destruction. In Matriculated, we witness the murder of the freedom fighters, and the choice the robot made to help the humans as he converted. In World Record, we witness the choice Dan made risking everything to prove everyone wrong, leading to the murder or his career. Murder can be in a…
Many of us use counterfactual thinking every day. But what is counterfactual thinking, and how can we use it in our own life? Well to answer the first question counterfactual thinking is a concept in psychology that involves the human tendency to create possible alternatives to life events that have already occurred. So know that you know what counterfactual thinking is you can understand why most people think this way every day.…
After reading this short tale of two men in college, and one not-so-bright college girl, I have learned many things about fallacies. In our powerpoint presentation, it says that each generation is to learn these fallacies. This tale of the college students and the teaching of fallacies was in a much different generation than we are in now. Some fallacies I learned of in this story that were different from the ones stated in my course text were, Dicto Simpliciter, Contradictory Premises, Ad Misericoriam, Hypothesis Contrary to Fact, and Poisoning the Well.…