Post Hoc Fallacy
1. Post Hoc
In my community news, called Neighbor News, I was reading an article on a Saturday Morning called, “Follow All the Rules to Keep the Hounds Happy” (Kintish). This article talks of the Happy Hound Playground, a dog park in Denville, NJ. It discusses the rules and regulations that need to be followed for the benefit of the dogs’ and owners’ health. However, this is a post hoc fallacy, because the article title makes the reader believe that the dogs become happy if all the rules are followed. The dogs can be happy without all the rules being followed, showing that it’s a post hoc fallacy.
2. Appeal to Authority
I was watching the Ohio State and Indiana football game on October 3, when I saw a commercial advertising Madden NFL 16 for Xbox One. The commercial had Drew Brees, Richard Sherman and Clay Mathews acting as students in front of a professor. The commercial used these star NFL football players to promote the game on the Xbox One, since they were learning to play the …show more content…
It stated that the new Stoeger M3000 Magnum shotgun “works as hard as you do” (Stoeger M3000). This is a false analogy, because a gun can’t work as hard as a human being, even if it is a very efficient gun. It can still jam, unlike humans and stop working over time. The advertisement fallacy relates the gun’s ability to work hard to a human’s ability to work hard.
4. Bandwagon Fallacy
I was flipping through my Mom’s Food Network Magazine when I came across a magazine advertisement for Trapiche Malbec. The advertisement used a bandwagon fallacy as their title, stating “The World’s Favorite Malbec” (Trapiche Malbec). After the reader reads this they will want to try this Malbec due to it being the world’s best. It appeals to their emotions to fit in with the majority and not feel left out. They will try the Malbec, because the world believes it’s the best.
5. Hasty
In my community news, called Neighbor News, I was reading an article on a Saturday Morning called, “Follow All the Rules to Keep the Hounds Happy” (Kintish). This article talks of the Happy Hound Playground, a dog park in Denville, NJ. It discusses the rules and regulations that need to be followed for the benefit of the dogs’ and owners’ health. However, this is a post hoc fallacy, because the article title makes the reader believe that the dogs become happy if all the rules are followed. The dogs can be happy without all the rules being followed, showing that it’s a post hoc fallacy.
2. Appeal to Authority
I was watching the Ohio State and Indiana football game on October 3, when I saw a commercial advertising Madden NFL 16 for Xbox One. The commercial had Drew Brees, Richard Sherman and Clay Mathews acting as students in front of a professor. The commercial used these star NFL football players to promote the game on the Xbox One, since they were learning to play the …show more content…
It stated that the new Stoeger M3000 Magnum shotgun “works as hard as you do” (Stoeger M3000). This is a false analogy, because a gun can’t work as hard as a human being, even if it is a very efficient gun. It can still jam, unlike humans and stop working over time. The advertisement fallacy relates the gun’s ability to work hard to a human’s ability to work hard.
4. Bandwagon Fallacy
I was flipping through my Mom’s Food Network Magazine when I came across a magazine advertisement for Trapiche Malbec. The advertisement used a bandwagon fallacy as their title, stating “The World’s Favorite Malbec” (Trapiche Malbec). After the reader reads this they will want to try this Malbec due to it being the world’s best. It appeals to their emotions to fit in with the majority and not feel left out. They will try the Malbec, because the world believes it’s the best.
5. Hasty