Attacking Faulty Reasoning

Logos, or the means of persuasion by use of reasoning, is a very effective rhetorical strategy that appeals to the reader’s logic. Not only is logos Aristotle’s favorite form of rhetoric but, it is the most widely used rhetorical form. Logos is composed of both inductive and deductive reasoning and in “Does the internet make you dumb” Nicholas car uses both to prove his thesis that the internet is turning us into “superficial and scatterbrained thinkers (Carr 218). He believes the internet is…

Hume. Inductive inference is a form of reasoning that allows a conclusion to be reached by looking at past experiences. To recognize what disturbs Hume, it is important to understand what deductive and inductive reasoning are. When reasoning moves from the general to the particular, it is often referred to as deductive reasoning. Deductive reasoning is a way of knowing through the conclusion that is drawn from the premises. Inductive reasoning is when reasoning moves from the particular to the…

seeks to make the reader think about the subject in a different light. To do this, Mark Drumbl uses deductive reasoning and ethical thinking to convince the reader that although child soldiers should pay for their actions, they should all be considered individually and given suitable punishments. While some areas of his article are confusing, his use of expressive language and reasoning ultimately succeed in persuading the reader. While having a strong argument, Drumbl’s article has moments…

I am summarizing, critiquing, and evaluating the scholarly article, Promoting Positive Affect through Smartphone Photography (Yu Chen, Gloria Mark & Sanna Ali, 2016), and the popular article, Science Says Selfies Can Make You Happier And More Confident (Lindsay Holmes, 2016). Researchers have realized that taking photos has become ubiquitous (Chen et al., 2016). They decided to research how photography captured with smartphones can be used to help people increase their mood. To carry out this…

Deductive reasoning and inductive reasoning are both important processes used when conducting research of any kind. Most often, the two are used in combination when conducting research and drawing conclusions from the results. It is important to learn the meaning of both inductive reasoning and deductive reasoning. Deductive reasoning is considered to be the standard for scientific research. Using this method, one begins with a theory and hypotheses, then conducts research in order to test…

twice one in silence and the other after listening to Mozart’s “Sonata for Two Pianos in D Major” (K.448). The pilot study concluded that the undergraduates scored eight to nine points higher and “that the relationship between music and spatial reasoning was so strong that simply listening to music can make a difference” (Campbell 15). Rauscher notes that the effect of this had only lasted fifteen minutes, a mere contrast to another study done on preschoolers whose effects lasted at least one…

factors and that it can only be effective if these two factors are taught synergistically; they are mutually exclusive and one without the other would be disastrous to the student. Dewey creates an effective argument through the use of inductive reasoning, which provides his audience of teachers, administrators, and anyone in a position…

Also, as Hume believed that cause and effect are discoverable not by a priori reasoning, but instead, through human experience of events in the world, his theory of causation focuses primarily on the contents of the category Matters of Fact (Hume, 2007, p. 20; Coventry, 2010, p. 90). Hume begins his discussion of cause and effect in…

or you do not know what something (x) is. 2) The second premise follows from this, if you already know what x is, investigating x is unnecessary and inquiry into x is pointless. 3) Thirdly, if you don’t know what x is inquiry is impossible. The reasoning behind this premise is that since you cannot identify x when you see it, and thus would be incapable of investigating it since you would have no source to direct your investigation upon in the first place – and therefore inquiry is impossible.…

Fallacies are made in various arguments and speeches throughout history, in order to win an argument. In The march of the flag, given by Albert J. Beveridge, there are fallacies detected throughout the speech. Fallacies are incorporated throughout the speech in order to have the audience agree with Beveridge’s views on the superiority of white Christian Americans compared to other citizens in other countries who practice other religions and worship deities. In the opening of the speech,…