Logical fallacies

false based on the available evidence” (“E.T Observer”). My alternate hypothesis makes claim unreasonable, but it explains more variety things. I can not say alternate hypothesis is the simplest answer. Since my alternate hypothesis also has a logical fallacy of “post hoc, ergo propter hoc”, the argument is not conservative. And guiding principle for this claim is what I learned from the module: to keep an open mid, but that’s different from believing anything we’re told. An open mind means…

A Politician’s Best Friend: Fallacies Fallacies are claims used to support an argument without proper logic or evidence. They occur in a multitude of fashions such as broad, or “sweeping,” generalizations and using a lack of evidence to support claims (appeal to ignorance.) While it is true that fallacies weaken the validity of an argument, their use is not necessarily ineffective. Politicians, journalists, even academics, at times, are subject to use fallacies to persuade an audience, often…

I am guilty of committing logical fallacies, unintentionally, during my writing. It has been such a long time since I completed an argumentation paper. I cannot remember the mistakes I have made, and after reading this chapter, I probably made a few. Even so, in some of my recent short writing assignments or essays, I have had a few misconceptions justify my evidence, which led to incorrect reasoning. I thought it was appropriate to support some evidence with logic, depending on the argument…

vandals themselves” (Gladwell, 189). While this project did result in less vandalism, the reader is not assured that this is not an isolated incident. Gladwell assumes this example proves to the reader that the tipping point theory is the only logical reason for the outcome and fails to address any possible alternative…

Approach for English Language Learners” also explains why this type of education is effective for foreign students. Together, both of these authors provide an effective argument with the use of reasoning, credibility, and emotion, but also include logical fallacies. Jost’s and Bale’s…

It is invalid because Salviati detects a logical fallacy in the Aristotelian view. When Salviati asks Simplicio how he proves that the stone fell in a straight path beside the towers, Simplicio says that he can prove it “by the senses”. Salviati goes on to explain that the Aristotelians are committing the logical fallacy of petitio principii, which can be translated to “begging the question”. This means that the Aristotelians are…

include programs like progressive taxation, free education, right to assistance, etc. A logical argument is imperative to convince the audience that the speaker, in this case Bastiat, is correct and to persuade them to change ideologies. Though Frederic Bastiat does his best to persuade his audience with his essay that the law is plundered if it adopts socialist tendencies, his unintentional uses of illogical fallacies dissuade readers from accepting his…

Fallacies surround us and we hear them every day, although we may not recognize them. A is begging the question because the person is saying that if those actions were illegal, they wouldn’t be prohibited by law, which is obvious, B is causal fallacy because he is saying that the team only won because of a lucky pair of socks, C is bandwagon fallacy because the manager said that because no one else complained, he must be the…

In 2010, Old Spice launched a series of humorous commercials featuring Isaiah Mustafa as “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like.” They are incredibly successful commercials, albeit strange. Portrayed in them are grandiose and lavish lifestyles featuring costly belongings ranging from gondolas to horses to yachts. The commercials were an overnight success and quickly became a cultural phenomenon, generating significant word-of-mouth buzz online and offline. In its commercial, Old Spice…

As employees of the leading cigarette producer in North America, it is imperative that the truth about our product is clarified. The harmful effects of tobacco have been greatly exaggerated and the use of our product has little or no known harmful side effects. Though many other tobacco products do have negative health or cosmetic consequences, the use of our product by many doctors and celebrities would prove otherwise. The fact that our product has been the top selling tobacco product in…