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    Broken window fallacy

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    The theory of the “Broken window fallacy” says that destruction and the costs incurred along with it do not reap any kind of benefits to the economy. If any kind of destruction occurs‚ there are many parties that are going to be affected‚ if it’s a natural disaster it would affect the business of the economy and the economy is hit badly. If everything was working on normal pace‚ the business could have flourished and would have new avenues‚ but on the event of the destruction all those extra opportunities

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    Oral and Written

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    Oral commenation Oral communication implies communication through mouth. It includes individuals conversing with each other‚ be it direct conversation or telephonic conversation. Speeches‚ presentations‚ discussions are all forms of oral communication (meetings‚ lectures‚ conferences‚ interviews‚ etc.). Advantages of Oral Communication • There is high level of understanding and transparency in oral communication . • There is flexibility for allowing changes in the decisions previously taken

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    Fad Diet Fallacies

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    The Fallacies of Fad Diets The people will live on. The learning and blundering people will live on. They will be tricked and sold and again sold. And go back to the nourishing earth for rootholds. − Carl Sandburg‚ The People Speak “How did Jennifer Lopez lose 40 pounds after having twin babies? The Dukan Diet is the answer!” or “Jennifer Hudson lost 80 Lbs! Thanks to Weight Watchers!” − thumb through any supermarket tabloid or spend only an hour in front of TV and you ’ll catch a glimpse

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    Assumptions and Fallacies Critical and Creative Thinking University of Phoenix Appendix D: Assumptions and FallaciesWhat are assumptions? How do you think assumptions might interfere with critical thinking? What might you do to avoid making assumptions in your thinking? Assumption is an idea one believes to be true based on prior experience or one’s belief systems. (Elder & Paul‚ 2002) Assumptions are a part of our belief system but we don’t know that they are true or not. Assumptions

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    Fallacy of Free Music

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    Brayden Merrell Reaction Paper 1 Com 250‚ Spring 2013 Fallacy of Free Music When a new song comes out the first thing my peers and I normally do is check YouTube to hear the latest new track. The internet is the easiest way for people of any age group to listen to music. There are hundreds and thousands of popular music downloading services that can be found within seconds with a simple Google search. Most of these websites are funded by advertisements that consume the borders of the computer

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    Fallacies and “Dirty Tricks” Identification The first person to try and categorize and systematically describe fallacies was Aristotle. He managed to identify thirteen different fallacies and divided them into two groups: Informal and Formal. The Informal Fallacy is hard to find because they can only be found and identified when you analyze the content of the argument. The Formal Fallacy is easy to identify because there is a defect to it and when you look at the logical formation of

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    Fallacy Summary and Application Paper Trista L. Fossa University of Phoenix MGT 350 James Bailey‚ Jr. February 9‚ 2009 Fallacy Summary and Application Paper “A logical fallacy is an element of an argument that is flawed‚ essentially rendering the line of reasoning‚ if not the entire argument‚ invalid.” (Hineman‚ 2007‚ ¶ 1) As humans‚ we are faced with fallacies daily‚ whether it is at work‚ at home‚ or in the media

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    Fallacy and Brad Pitt

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    Exercise Identify the fallacies in the following passages. A. The appeal to ignorance B. The appeal to inappropriate authority C. Argument against the person D. The appeal to emotion E. Irrelevant conclusion F. Complex Question G. False Cause H. Begging the question I. Accident J. Converse Accident 1. Brad Pitt is so cool because so many girls think he is. D‚ E‚ H 2. Einstein’s theories must be wrong because he was a very weird person. C‚ G 3. We should have imprisoned all the German and

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    Fallacy in Car Advertisement A woman and a car equal sex? It is very interesting and yet very powerful idea of a man’s desire. This is one of the common advertisements for the car industry. In the magazine or on the television‚ we see advertisements of variety fields of product or services. Many times‚ company uses different types of fallacy to appeal people’s reasoning to make appropriate choice. It can be very distracting to focus on the correct message of the creator’s idea. At the same time

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    Fallacies Of Feminist Theory

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    Feminist Theory http://fty.sagepub.com Exposing the fallacies of anti-porn feminism Laurie Shrage Feminist Theory 2005; 6; 45 DOI: 10.1177/1464700105050226 The online version of this article can be found at: http://fty.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/6/1/45 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Feminist Theory can be found at: Email Alerts: http://fty.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://fty.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints: http://www

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