Nica Javier CRITHIN A62 Ms. Hazel Biana August 5‚ 2013 “Thank You for Smoking” film viewing Identifying fallacies paper. The movie‚ “Thank You for Smoking” is a comedy with a tobacco industry lobbyist‚ Nick Naylor as the lead. The movie has an eerie comic theme which tackles the serious issue of the addicting substance of tobacco‚ or to be more specific‚ nicotine. The idea which the movie was trying to portray was that this lobbyist was a great speaker who is able to manipulate many
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3.3 QUIZ In the appeal to force‚ the arguer physically attacks the listener. F In the fallacy of accident‚ a general rule is applied to a specific case where it does not fit. T If an arguer attempts to discredit court room testimony or a promise by pointing out that the witness or the person making the promise is a liar‚ then the arguer commits an argumentum ad hominem (argument against the person) fallacy. T (calling someone a liar without evidence is abusive) In the argumentum ad hominem circumstantial
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Every year hundreds of people are electrocuted by accident. Since most of these accidents are caused by carelessness‚ they could be avoided if people would just exercise greater caution.Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Red herring | Correct Answer: | Red herring | | | | | * Question 4 5 out of 5 points | | | Humanitarian groups have argued in favor of housing for the poor. Apparently what they want is another high-density project. Unfortunately‚ these projects have been
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the inter-web. It was during one of these instances that I found myself scrolling through an article relating to a phenomenon‚ or rather a mistaken belief‚ known as the Gambler’s fallacy. And true to my inner geek‚ I continued to read about it in-depth‚ to get to its statistical and psychological roots. The Gambler’s fallacy is the belief that if an event has occurred more than normal during some period‚ it will happen less frequently in the future or that if said event occurs lesser than usual during
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The logical fallacies that I have chosen to study in this paper are "Appeal to Emotion" Fallacy‚ "Common Belief" Fallacy‚ and the "Hypothesis Contrary to Fact" fallacy. In the following paragraphs I will be defining the fallacies and how they relate to critical thinking. I will also be providing a popular culture example for each fallacy to illustrate each fallacy. In conclusion I shall attempt to provide Pro ’s and Con ’s for each Fallacy. The first Fallacy I chose was the "Appeal to Emotion"
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Fallacy Summary and Application: Three Fallacies and Organizational Examples The concept of critical thinking can be a difficult task. The process involves analyzing an argument and determining whether it ’s fallacious or not. An argument is fallacious when there is an error in its reasoning. Bassham‚ Irwin‚ Nardone and Wallace (2002) suggest there are two types of fallacies: (1) fallacies of relevance and (2) fallacies of insufficient evidence. This case study will analyze three fallacies
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One of the most apparent logical fallacies in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible‚ is called “No True Scotsman‚” or rather‚ an appeal to purity to emphasize an argument. The play is set in a small town in Massachusetts in the late 1690s. This setting is well known for its overbearing Puritanism and its government that could almost be characterized as a theocracy. As a result of this emphasis on religion‚ the characters of the play often resort to fallacies that hold religious beliefs at the forefront of
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«12 angry men» In the movie «12 angry men»‚ one can explore a variety of fallacies and generalizations. Each juror except for one comes in with a verdict of «Guilty»‚ but by using critical thinking the reasons to support their claim are dismissed one by one. Except for Juror number three who is the last one to change his verdict. He disregards all critical reasoning and sticks to his initial claim using multiple fallacies to support it. He is clearly prejudiced towards the defendant no mater the
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In the reading “Love is a Fallacy”‚ Max Shulman writes about a character named Max who attempts to have a relationship with a girl by trading his roommate a racoon coat for the girl in exchange. Max Shulman’s piece is neither anti-women nor anti-men and is‚ therefore‚ meant to be irony. This piece is rather ironic because of fallacies appear throughout the piece‚ the main character Max has fallacies in his thinking‚ and the character Polly speaks of the fallacies in Max’s reasoning. Out of all the
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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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