Reflective Essay: The Use Of Fallacious Arguments

The use of critical thinking requires one to understand the argument first and then figure a way to handle/manage the situation well. But, sometime when we are involved in an argument, it often leads us to the fallacious argument. Fallacies are the common mistakes in logic we make. The PowerPoint form week 7 helped me understand how to critically think, and I learned about different common mistakes in logic that people make. The three most common mistakes in logic that I make are, using a faulty analogy, begging the question, and appealing to “the people”. The first common mistake in logic I make is using a faulty analogy. Analogy states a similarity between two things or event. Not everything and everyone are the same, there are things that are made for different and specific reasons, and the same way people are also different, there are people who have different personality than others. I have realized that in some situations I compare two things that are total different and shouldn’t be compared at all. Mostly I compare myself with others, and try to do things the same way as them. In a way it’s good because it helps me …show more content…
Begging the question is when one answers a question with an unclear idea; for example, “the criminal committed the worst crime possible” is not a clear answer, what do they mean by worst crime? What is the worst crime possible? I tend to make this mistake when I present to a class or a large group of people. I mostly get nervous while presenting and forget some stuff, which leads me to make this mistake. When audience ask me questions I try to answer as fast as I can to get it over with and I make the mistake of answering unclearly. A technique that I will be using in future will be, let your pen start moving, this is a technique where I will start writing down some question that I think others might ask after my presentation so that I can be prepared and answer