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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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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discussing some of the major logical fallacies. A fallacy is a mistaken belief that is used to try and win an argument such as: Elephants are animals. You’re an animal. That makes you an elephant. The mistake here is the belief that since elephants are animals‚ anything considered an animal is an elephant. To detect a fallacy‚ look out for a bad proof‚ the wrong number of choices‚ or a disconnect between the proof and the conclusion. To detect the all natural fallacy by breaking it in half. Some of the
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spoken language used in working environment‚ my job as a QS‚ spoken word different in different settings eg‚ HQ or construction site‚ professional language * use of jargon‚ three letter acronyms‚ unique to an office eg‚ CVR’s etc‚ technical language‚ used frequently‚ humorous re new employees‚ don’t have a clue what is being said * buzz words‚ mention text speaking‚ professional buzz words made fun of – Bull Bingo‚ explain game and give eg‚ can download a bingo card‚ used in boring meetings
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How Deductive Reasoning Is Used Jennifer Galloway CRT/205 September 25‚ 2012 Dr. Shauna Fitzjarrell It is important to understand what is known prior to making a decision‚ simply because you have a broader insight of the situation in question. Not only are you well informed you have first-hand knowledge and evidence that is necessary for proving your argument. In argument one Trainer or Cleaner this situation is a clear case of contradictory
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Fallacies Thinking is such a natural process; we all do it continually and instinctively yet it seems difficult to define. Nonetheless‚ thinking can be broken down into two categories: critical and logical. Critical thinking is "the intellectually disciplined process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing‚ applying‚ analyzing‚ synthesizing‚ and/or evaluating information gathered from or generated by: observation‚ experience‚ reflection‚ reasoning‚ or communication‚ as a guide to belief and
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use fallacies to promote their product. In a way‚ they make the mind of the consumer chose between their product over the competition. An example of an argument is in a 2012 Direct TV add the narrator says “When your cable company keeps you on hold‚ you get angry. When you get angry‚ you go blow off steam‚ when you go blow off steam‚ accidents happen. When you get an eye patch‚ people think you’re tough. When people think you’re tough‚ people want to see how tough. When people want to see how tough
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for connections to be used‚ and rules for handling both routing and special cases of traffic. Configuration tables will vary in the number of lines depending on how big the capability of the router is. (McGraw)Data transmitted over the Internet‚ travels over the system of the packet-switching network. This system breaks down data and information files into packages of about 1500 bytes. The data package carries the sender ’s IP address‚ the receivers IP address‚ information on how many packets the data
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The significance of fallacies in critical thinking is important to understand so that clear and concise arguments can be made on a logical‚ factual level instead of one that is proliferated with emotions and illogical reasoning. The basis of these fallacies are dependent on critical thinking according to discussions in which the parties may not agree on a situation or one element is attempting to convince another of making a decision. The point of this type of disagreement is to give reasons in
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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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