Assumptions and Fallacies Critical and Creative Thinking University of Phoenix Appendix D: Assumptions and Fallacies • What 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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logic1. 3.3 Fallacies of Weak Induction: 3. Fallacies of weak induction a fallacy of weak induction occurs when an argument’s premises are not strong enough to support the conclusion. The premises are logically relevant‚ but that isn’t enough for them to be supportive enough. These fallacies also involve an emotional appeal to make their case. 4. Different types of weak induction fallacies Appeal to unqualified authority (Argumentum ad Verecundiam) this fallacy affects arguments from authority
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The Dirty Wars or the “Guerras Sucias” happened during around 1976 in Argentina. Do not have a mindset that only Argentina was the only country that had a dirty war before. Other countries have had Dirty Wars a lot worse than Argentina and Chile. In all of the Dirty wars‚ innocent people have died. Argentina and Chile had a rough one. The people who disappeared are never heard of again. It does not matter if you’re a young child‚ teenager‚ adult‚ or an old person you will be taken. Sadly‚ today these
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red herring fallacy to illustrate how people often throw arguments off course by raising an irrelevant issue. During an argument between Putman and Proctor‚ Miller writes‚ “I [Putman] never heard you so worried about society‚ Mr. Proctor. I do not think I saw you at Sabbath meeting since snow flew” (Miller I. 28). Miller shows how Putman effectively derails the conversation‚ preventing the other people from continuing to talk about witchcraft. Miller’s use of the red herring fallacy helps to develop
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many things about fallacies. In our powerpoint presentation‚ it says that each generation is to learn these fallacies. This tale of the college students and the teaching of fallacies was in a much different generation than we are in now. Some fallacies I learned of in this story that were different from the ones stated in my course text were‚ Dicto Simpliciter‚ Contradictory Premises‚ Ad Misericoriam‚ Hypothesis Contrary to Fact‚ and Poisoning the Well. The Dicto Simpliciter Fallacy is and argument
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Running Head: FALLACIOUS WOMAN Fallacious Woman: An Analysis of Max Shulman’s Love is a Fallacy Robert de la Rosa South Texas College Ms. Laura Steinert English 1302.W06 October 21‚ 2008 Fallacious Woman: An Analysis of Max Shulman’s Love is a Fallacy Reading is a favorite past time of many people in the world. It has the power to transport the reader to other places and times that he might never be able to see. Reading can even take the reader to places
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Some examples of fallacies in this speech came about immediately in the beginning. Candidate Kane said “With one purpose only‚ to point out and make public the dishonesty‚ the downright villainy of Jim W Getty’s political machine.” Using this kind of fallacy put negativity in the audience’s mind about Getty. When the announcer welcomes Kane onto the stage he uses bias by announcing Kane as the next Governor of the state even before he was elected or won. Kane uses a rhetorical device when he says
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Action Plan for Marketing Communications Although advertising can be very expense‚ it is effective! Advertising is a good return on investment because image and brand recognition drive consumers to buy products and services. Therefore‚ Dirty Deeds Incorporated (DDI) must start an advertising campaign in order to familiarize and charm their target audience. This will assist DDI in moving past the introduction stage‚ and into the growth stage by establishing a strong and emergent customer base
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Research Problem Identification and Justification Problem Statement Women in leadership are steadfast in growth‚ however‚ traditional perception of women’s role has a significant impact on female leaders‚ and how they are viewed by their colleagues and subordinates. Sub problem Women in leadership (a) Male and female leadership styles may be different (b) Gender stereotypes influence how people perceive female leaders. (c) The glass ceiling is still occupied by mostly white males. (d) Balance
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Logical Fallacies used in an oldspice commercial‚ the man in the commercial uses old spice body wash and is a manly man. Therefor men who use old spice are manly men. The message in the commercial was to have a young man impress a young women when using a scent like old spice. But in reality it was meant to persuade the audience to want to buy old spice products and feel as confident and feel as amazing as the man in the commercial. In the volkswagen commercial‚ they gave the volkswagen a jamaican
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