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    Polly's Fallacies

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    Polly‚ although portrayed as a non-thinker‚ best demonstrated the application of critical thinking. After a short lesson surrounding the existence of common fallacies‚ Polly sought different elements of intellectual standards in Max’s expressed fallacies involving her. One’s ability to use reason will undoubtedly be limited by the degree he allows emotion to interfere with logic. In adjusting his interaction with Polly from academic to romantic‚ Max lost sight of the big picture as he was provincially

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    Evidence

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    unconstitutionally obtained evidence The exclusionary rule is the rule that defines the circumstances in which a court will exclude evidence on the grounds that it has been obtained in violation of the accused’s constitutional rights. Traditionally the common law did not have an exclusionary rule. The court allowed evidence to be admitted that had been obtained through the use of illegal means‚ for example‚ searching a dwelling without a search warrant‚ any evidence obtained is an illegal evidence‚ but this was

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    Love Is a Fallacy

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    It is likely that some would read Max Schulman’s essay entitled “Love Is a Fallacy‚” and view it as ‘anti-women.’  Others would be just as likely to see it as ‘anti-men.’  Objectively speaking‚ neither view is entirely correct.  This is because‚ equally strong arguments can be made for both cases.  A more accurate conclusion is that the essay is in fact both anti-women and anti- men.  The events recounted in the essay confirm this to be logical.             There are most definitely elements

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    The fallacy that I have chosen is Scare Tactic Define: Using fear or a threat against another person in the attempts to get them to conform to your way of thinking or desired action. Design: Scenario 1: As a car salesman I would invoke a sense of fear or urgency in the couple by stating that this car has just come in on the lot and will not last the day. I would tell them that this specific used car and the way and which it was cared for is rare. I would go on to say that this car was just posted

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    Homework: Problem # 2‚ page 194: Logical Fallacies 2a) the electron could not have been fair – I do not know anyone who voted for the winner. Logical flaw: inadequate sampling Comment: this statement concludes based on insufficient evidence. Just because I do not know anyone who voted for winner‚ do not necessarily outlaw the fairness of the election. Before reaching any valid conclusion‚ I have to collect some data and evidence from other news sources and compare with my findings

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    Socrates commits the Socratic fallacy when he refuses Euthyphro’s first definition of piety. Socrates rejects the definition given because it does not give a formal definition of what piety is‚ but instead offers examples of things and actions that are pious. Geach believes that this is a substantial fallacy committed by Socrates‚ one that may prevent him from getting at the truth of the matter. I will first expand on Geach’s Socratic fallacy‚ as well as explain why this fallacy presents itself as a problem

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    Fallacies and Weaknesses

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    Rebecca History 112 Fallacies and Weaknesses February 9‚ 2010 In his article‚ “Blacks Should Stop Agitating for Political Equality‚” Atlanta Exposition‚ 1895‚ Booker T. Washington said that blacks should take advantage of the new opportunities given to them rather than fight for more rights. Though he understood this tendency‚ saying‚ “… it is not strange that in the first years of our new life we began at the top instead of at the bottom; that a seat in Congress or the state legislature

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    Fallacy Of Usher

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    The tarn that surrounds the house is just one of the barriers that prevent contact with the outside world. Pathetic Fallacy‚ which is when nature reflects human emotions and seems to respond to human actions‚ can be seen as Roderick’s state of depression and isolation coincides with the dreary‚ dark‚ and gloomy aspects of the setting and house itself. The Usher family

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    Jonathan Walton Professor Sean Ferrier-Watson English 1301 10 October 2013 Scheming Advertisements: Unveiling the Fallacies Amongst Us Throughout my life‚ I have been entertained and persuaded by the world of advertisements. But like Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave”‚ the images painted by these ads are either tainted do to the sneaky incorporation of fallacies. These fallacies may act in different forms; some of them are almost insidiously trying to persuade you while others‚ have an odd and blatant

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    Cohen Fallacy

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    1. The (first) Cohen Fallacy is a term used to describe the erroneous method by which Cohen argues that socialism is superior to capitalism. In this method‚ one compares an ideal form of an economic governing system to a realistic form of an economic system and claims that the former is better. The issue here is that one makes a comparison between vastly different systems operating under differing assumptions‚ and therefore fails to compare them properly. Hence‚ the claim that one could be better

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