Associate Level Material Appendix D Assumptions and Fallacies Write a 150- to 200-word response to each of the following questions: • What are assumptions? How do you think assumptions might interfere with critical thinking? What might you do to avoid making assumptions in your thinking? • What are fallacies? How are fallacies used in written‚ oral‚ and visual arguments? What might you do to avoid fallacies in your thinking? Cite and reference any sourced material consistent with
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WHAT IS FALLACY: A "fallacy" is a mistake‚ and a "logical" fallacy is a mistake in reasoning. There are‚ of course‚ other types of mistake than mistakes in reasoning. For instance‚ factual mistakes are sometimes referred to as "fallacies". However‚ the Fallacy Files is specifically concerned‚ not with factual errors‚ but with logical ones. In logic‚ the term "fallacy" is used in two related‚ but distinct ways. For example: 1. "Argumentum ad Hominem is a fallacy." 2. "Your argument is a
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Assumption and Fallacies Earlie Ames Critical and Creative Thinking Aug 12‚ 2012 Travis Zimmerman Assumption and Fallacies What is assumption? According to definition‚ assumption "mean a supposition on the current situation or a presupposition on the future course of events‚ either or both assumed to be true in the absence of positive proof‚ necessary to enable the commander in the process of planning to complete an estimate of the situation and make a decision on the course of action”
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Fallacy in Fred Ribkoff’s Shame‚ guilt‚ empathy‚ and the search for identity in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman Modern tragedies are a direct representation of many people’s life in the present day. Some would be able to realize their tragic flaws and try to distinguish their identity or purpose‚ but for some‚ raw emotions can blind them from realizing and can end in tragedy. In Fred Ribkoff’s Shame‚ Guilt‚ Empathy‚ and the Search for Identity in Arthur Miller’s Death of A Salesman discusses
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claim that a hunter simply takes his weapon of choice to the woods and repeatedly fires willy-nilly at anything and everything that moves‚ inducing painful wounds to those harvested and stress to animals that remain within earshot of the noise. The fallacies of these arguments are plain. The human’s subconscious mind strives perpetually for perfection. When a hunter misses‚ be it a wounding shot or no‚ one can be sure to find the hunter at the target range the next day‚ striving to place the bullet correctly
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LOVE IS A FALLACY LOVE is one of the reason why good things is present in this life. Its significance to human is inevitable that its absence may cause the world in great jeopardy. It is the greatest gift of GOD and no amount of wealth could ever compensate its value. It is one of the reason why the many races and cultures of this world can blend in peace‚ order‚ unity‚ harmony and the likes. God himself being the author of the most profound act of love that amount to the coming of HIS most precious
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The narrator of the story “Love is a Fallacy” relates to a freshman student in law school‚ intelligent‚ egocentric person‚ and outgoing always thinking he was logical. As the narrator showed us some fallacies throughout the story‚ he was outsmarted by Polly. What are some of the impressions that I made from reading Love is a Fallacy is that he favors appearance as how a cool‚ logical lawyer must have a beautiful and intelligent wife‚ friendship‚ and it depicts on being materialistic. The narrator
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Oprah Winfrey There are many famous people in the world‚ some of them were candidates for the Nobel Prize Peace. For example‚ Barak Obama‚Oprah Winfrey and many others like them. In this essay I will describe one of the important and famous woman in the world. Oprah winfrey is instantly recognizable to just about every person in the United States. She was nominated for the Nobel peace prize because she helped poor people from all around the world. On January 29th 1954 Oprah Gail Winfrey was
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#1 The Birthday Fallacy can be described as the mistaken idea that the second proposition of the [What argument? Any argument? Hardly. You need to be more specific and detailed.] argument follows from the first proposition. It [what means this?] means that the way the argument is composed is not logically correct [How? What is the fallacy/}. The reason why the Birthday Fallacy is actually a fallacy is because it’s a mistaken belief based on the unsound argument. [NO! A fallacy is not a mistaken
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G.K. Chesterton english poet‚ writer‚ philosopher‚ and critic in his excerpt “The Fallacy of Success” (All Good Things‚ 1915) attacks the current perception of success. Chesterton develops his argument through the use of Greek mythology as well as various references to modern selfhelp books and repetition. He writes to abolish the idea that success is purely based upon wealth in order to reshape society’s current perception into one of true success‚ where everything and everyone can be successful
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