Fallacy

who have the strength, motivation, and confidence to take on stereotypical male political positions... this further proves the single-sex system's ability to raise confidence, thus breaking career stereotypes" (Pampillonia, 30). This is the logical fallacy of post hoc ergo propter hoc (a caused b just because b came after a). This is an ill use of her sources to make her argument, and she may have been better suited to show how much better most students are doing economically after single-sex…

positive biased toward the “professionals” decision. Hence, if scientists were respected to have the best knowledge of their field, wouldn’t Arguer B. have just as much knowledge in the field they are passionate about? Conforming to the ad verecundiam fallacy, even though there is emotion involved, both are still experts in what they do (40). A person’s ethos is always taken into effect in every form of argument whether it is positive or negative (36). Thus, every argument comes down to the…

In the article, “Uber Regulations Would Stifle the Transportation Free Market”, the author is trying to convey the point that regulations on the companies such as Uber and Lyft will only benefit the insurance companies while actually hurting the free market of transportation because this will cause less people to use the car-sharing and thus make the companies move out of California. The following essay will break down the article in order to give the reader an understanding of the author’s…

As I noted earlier, Why Nations Fail minces no words with respect to the geography and particularly Diamond’s argument. While Acemoglu and Robinson do admit that it “is a powerful approach to the puzzle on which he focuses,” they dismiss it offhand because it cannot be extended to explain “modern world inequality,” or regional/intracontinental disparities (52). It is here that they lose a huge opportunity by falling into fallacious reasoning. Geography played an initial roll — just because it…

Glenn Beck has already been established as a man of controversy, and with a book titled Arguing With Idiots, there are sure to be skeptics of the credibility and seriousness of the book. The book could almost be classified as a rant, but it is a well thought out one, and it should have more than enough evidence to prove Beck’s various conservative points. This book seems to be meant as either something for Americans who oppose Glenn Beck and his positions, or a book to confirm conservative…

It seems odd that a client would present for treatment while simultaneously being opposed to making changes, but this is indeed what counselors frequently encounter. Such clients are usually coerced into therapy. A person in legal trouble may be offered a deferred sentence for undergoing outpatient treatment if they are assessed to have a substance-use disorder (SUD) or other behavioral problem which contributed to the offense. Others might seek treatment to assuage family members, avoid a…

Stefan Babich in his article, “The Fall of The Female Protagonist in Kids’ Movies” writes about the idea of a female protagonist dying in the “animation war” (n. pag.). He writes about how in recent days animation movies do not have a female protagonist who isn’t the cookie cutter princess. This is very similar to the view in Amanda Marcotte’s article titled, “The Shocking Radicalism of ‘Brave’” where she talks about how “Brave” is a movie that seemed to try to fall out of the algorithm but…

Most people’s automatic reaction when thinking about their future occupation is to consider what they love doing to be the top priority. However, Gordon Marino, professor of philosophy at St. Olaf College and editor of “The Quotable Kierkegaard”, believes that this should not be the case. He wrote on the subject in his article titled “A Life Beyond ‘Do What You Love’”, which was published in The New York Times on May 17, 2014. His purpose in writing this article was to express his thoughts on…

Margaret Wente’s globe and mail article on the plight of “today’s children being overly protected from failure that they’ll never be able to handle the stresses of the adult world” is a highly opinionated and suspect take on how “reality will soon bite” (par. 22) a seemingly oblivious and obnoxious generation composed of “snowflake children” (par. 23), due to “overprotective” (par. 7) and “rescuing” (par. 8) parents who are “stuck to them like glue” (par. 16). While Wente does make an…

How is the theory of the Absurd apparent in Camus’s ‘L’hôte’? According to the Longman English Dictionary, the Absurd is something ridiculous, completely stupid, unreasonable or different from expectations (2003). However the dictionary definition is not enough or rather, does not explain the complexity of the theory of the Absurd. It dates back to Ecclesiastes but the modern interpretation is different, especially considering Camus conception of the Absurd, which diverge from its writer…